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Man with gun tries to rob woman sitting on her porch near MoBot

Officers responded to the 2000 block of Alfred Avenue around 8:50 p.m. Thursday
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ST. LOUIS — An investigation is underway after a man tried to rob a woman at gunpoint woman in St. Louis’ Southwest Garden neighborhood Thursday night.

Officers responded to the 2000 block of Alfred Avenue around 8:50 p.m. where a 30-year-old woman said she was on the porch of her home when a man with a gun came up to her and demanded her keys.

The woman started to yell for help and a struggle start between the two. The woman threw her keys into nearby bushes. When the man was unable to find the keys, he ran from the scene.

The woman was not injured.

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