Actor Keegan Allen claims he was the victim of an armed robbery in Los Angeles

American actor Keegan Allen said he was the victim of an armed robbery in Los Angeles, in a video where he appears with a bloody face, published overnight from Thursday to Friday on social networks. “I was attacked at gunpoint and knifepoint by two young men who threatened to KILL ME for my watch and allegedly did it! God said no tonight. My life for a watch,” posted the 37-year-old actor, known for his role in the series Pretty Little Liars.

In the video accompanying this message, the actor appears visibly shaken, describing the incident as he left a grocery store, his face streaming with blood. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a statement that it had been called to a suspected armed robbery, but did not name Mr. Allen. “According to the victim, one of the suspects pointed a silver pistol at him while the second brandished a knife. The suspects demanded the victim’s watch and bracelet,” the statement said.

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Officers said the victim was struck in the face with a gun, causing a laceration to his forehead, before the suspects fled in a vehicle with the watch. The video posted by Mr. Allen includes footage apparently from a security camera, showing two people dressed in black who appear to threaten the actor, who removes his watch before one of the hooded people hits him with the butt of the gun.