Two 13-year-old boys running a lemonade stand in suburban Illinois have been robbed at gunpoint by two other teenagers who made off with $30 in profits. 

Surveillance video captured the moment Jude Peterson and his friend were robbed outside his home in Peoria, southwest of Chicago, last Friday afternoon.

The footage, which was captured from a neighbor's home, showed the two older boys wearing hooded sweatshirts as they approached from across the street. 

The 13-year-olds said one of the boys then pulled out what they thought was handgun before quickly snatching their cash box from them. 

The older boys then fled the scene.