ST. LOUIS – A woman was robbed at gunpoint Friday evening in St. Louis after rejecting a man’s romantic advances, police say.
The robbery occurred around 6 p.m. Friday in the parking lot of a Walgreens in the 1500 block of Lafayette Avenue, just east of St. Louis’ Lafayette Square neighborhood.
According to a St. Louis police crime summary report, the victim had just left the store when she was getting into her car and an unknown man approached her and attempted to make romantic advances. She rejected the advances, and after she got into the car, the man allegedly knocked on her passenger window with a gun.
The man took off with the victim’s purse and keys before he ran away. The victim told police that she briefly followed him, at which point he reportedly placed her purse over his gun and fired a shot at her.
The victim was not shot, but she ran back to her vehicle for cover before calling police.
Anyone with relevant information in this case is asked to contact St. Louis police at 314-444-2500 or CrimeStoppers at 866-371-TIPS (8477)