73-year-old man forced to withdraw cash from ATM after ride from Dillons parking lot

A 73-year-old man giving a stranger a ride from a grocery store parking lot ended up losing cash when he was forced to withdraw money at gunpoint from a Wichita ATM.

Wichita police say the 73-year-old was in the parking lot of the Dillons store at 37th and Woodlawn on Wednesday afternoon when a man approached him and asked for help getting to 21st and Rock.

The 73-year-old drove the man over to the area. But when he arrived, the man got out of the car and another man with a gun got inside.

The gunman ordered the 73-year-old to withdraw money from the ATM at the Meritrust Bank at 22nd and Rock. He ran off after getting the cash.

The 73-year-old called police at 6:30 p.m. from a home in the 2900 block of North Holyoke, police said. He wasn’t hurt.

Police say the men involved in the scheme are:

▪ A black man in his 50s who’s about 5 feet, 5 inches tall and about 150 pounds

▪ A bald, light-skinned black man in his 40s who’s about 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighs 160 pounds. He was wearing a dress coat, slacks and dress shoes and was carrying a briefcase.

Anyone with information about this robbery is asked to call Wichita-Sedgwick County Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111 or Wichita police detectives at 316-268-4407.

This story was originally published October 25, 2018 at 12:02 PM.