Pokémon is back and bigger than ever, thanks to the new app Pokémon GO, which puts fictional characters in real-world places. But Sunday night, the augmented reality craze led to a real-world crime.Two Sacramento-area friends were robbed and carjacked after they went to a park looking for Pokémon."A guy pulled up with a gun and held a gun up to me,” David Wallace said. “He held it right by his waist and said, 'If you don't want to get hurt, give me your phones.’"After work, and close to midnight, Wallace and his friend went to Lone Oak Park in Antelope to catch more Pokémon characters using the app.After 20 minutes of playing, the pair prepared to leave when they were confronted by the gunman. Wallace said the suspect made off with a green Suzuki Grand Vitara, cash and their phones."It's surreal. I feel like it didn't really happen," Wallace said.He said that he likely would not have been at the park if it wasn't for the app.No one got hurt during the confrontation.Pokémon GO is being linked to various distractions and even crime nationwide. In Missouri, teen robbers allegedly used a feature to bait their victims.

Pokémon is back and bigger than ever, thanks to the new app Pokémon GO, which puts fictional characters in real-world places. But Sunday night, the augmented reality craze led to a real-world crime.

Two Sacramento-area friends were robbed and carjacked after they went to a park looking for Pokémon.


"A guy pulled up with a gun and held a gun up to me,” David Wallace said. “He held it right by his waist and said, 'If you don't want to get hurt, give me your phones.’"

After work, and close to midnight, Wallace and his friend went to Lone Oak Park in Antelope to catch more Pokémon characters using the app.

After 20 minutes of playing, the pair prepared to leave when they were confronted by the gunman. Wallace said the suspect made off with a green Suzuki Grand Vitara, cash and their phones.

"It's surreal. I feel like it didn't really happen," Wallace said.

He said that he likely would not have been at the park if it wasn't for the app.

No one got hurt during the confrontation.

Pokémon GO is being linked to various distractions and even crime nationwide. In Missouri, teen robbers allegedly used a feature to bait their victims.