ST. LOUIS — A woman who was trying to buy a car was instead robbed at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said that the robbery happened at around 4:51 p.m. on the 4600 block of Vernon Avenue in the Lewis Place neighborhood.
A 37-year-old woman told police she had met up with two men to buy a car from them. During the transaction, one of the men pulled out a gun, fired a shot and demanded her property.
She gave the suspects her money, cigarettes and cellphone, and the suspects drove away in a blue sedan.
Police later found the woman's car abandoned on the 1200 block of Euclid, along with her cellphone.
The woman was not injured. An investigation is underway.
A man was robbed in a similar fashion in the city's Carr Square neighborhood Monday night. He told police he met up with two men to buy a car but was instead robbed at gunpoint.
There is no evidence at this time that the two incidents were related.
