LANCASTER – A York County teen charged with stealing an assault rifle at gunpoint in a Lancaster city parking lot will have his case proceed to county court. 15-year-old Wyatt Allen-McKinney of Red Lion waived his preliminary hearing on robbery, simple assault, carrying a firearm without a license, and other charges. Allen-McKinney is accused of stealing the rifle at gunpoint in a parking lot in the 100 block of East Lemon Street the morning of April 6. The victim told police that he arranged the sale of an AR-15-style rifle and agreed to meet Allen-McKinney and Anthony Gonzalez in the parking lot around 8 a.m. When the two arrived, Gonzalez produced a handgun and demanded that the victim surrender the rifle. Lancaster Safety Coalition footage shows Allen-McKinney and Gonzalez leaving the area in a vehicle. Police identified Allen-McKinney by tracing the vehicle’s license plate to his mother. Data taken from Allen-McKinney’s cellphone also shows he was in the area of the robbery at the time it was committed. As juveniles, neither is allowed to carry a firearm. Allen-McKinney remains in the Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center in lieu of $100,000 bail. Gonzales remains at large.
