--- description: Former ‘American Idol’ Winner Scotty McCreery was held at gunpoint at his friend’s apartment in North Carolina early Monday morning. title: Video: Robbers Hold ‘American Idol’ Star Scotty McCreery At Gunpoint image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16081280e84310e2/69868e12169ab046712792b9/mccreery-1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrity](/tag/celebrity/) ## celebrity Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Robbers Hold _American Idol_ Star Scotty McCreery at Gunpoint by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 6, 2014 3:05 PM CUT  Robbers Hold ‘American Idol’ Star Scotty McCreery At Gunpoint Robbers Hold ‘American Idol’ Star Scotty McCreery At GunpointAttached images are from Getty Images / Jason Merritt by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 6, 2014 3:05 PM CUT Former _American Idol_ winner [Scotty McCreery](http://time.com/88895/american-idol-winner-scotty-mccreery-robbed-at-gunpoint/ "undefined") was held at gunpoint Monday at his friend’s apartment in North Carolina. Raleigh Police say three men broke in, told everyone to remain down and count to 100 before moving.  McCreery The assailants stole the victim’s wallets after holding the victims at gunpoint. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/89154/american-idol-scotty-mccreery-robbers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/89154/american-idol-scotty-mccreery-robbers/"},"headline":"Robbers Hold American Idol Star Scotty McCreery at Gunpoint","datePublished":"2014-05-06T15:05:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:08:25.229Z","description":"No arrests have so far been made in connection with the robbery","url":"https://time.com/89154/american-idol-scotty-mccreery-robbers/","keywords":["celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16081280e84310e2/69868e12169ab046712792b9/mccreery-1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16081280e84310e2/69868e12169ab046712792b9/mccreery-1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"McCreery_Gunpoint","caption":"Robbers Hold ‘American Idol’ Star Scotty McCreery At Gunpoint","creditText":"Attached images are from Getty Images / Jason Merritt","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrity/","name":"celebrity"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/89154/american-idol-scotty-mccreery-robbers/","name":"Robbers Hold American Idol Star Scotty McCreery at Gunpoint"}}]}] ```