Lafayette Man Robbed Of iPhone

A 21-year-old man was robbed of his iPhone early Tuesday morning and Lafayette Police need your help trying to find the three men suspected of doing it.

The victim told officers he was walking outside of his apartment building in the 200 block of Oak Crest Drive around 1:00 a.m. when three black males with handguns approached him and told him to get on the ground. That's when spokesman Corporal Paul Mouton says the men took his white iPhone and one of them struck him on the head as they were leaving. He suffered minor injuries.

The victim says all the suspects were wearing black; one of them had dreadlocks while the other two had short hair.

Call Lafayette Police or Crime Stoppers at (337) 232-TIPS if you have any information.