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19-year-old woman robbed at gunpoint in Midtown

The robbery happened early Wednesday morning
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ST. LOUIS — An investigation is underway after a teen was robbed at gunpoint near Saint Louis University Wednesday morning.

Officers responded to Grand and Chouteau around 4:20 a.m. where a 19-year-old woman told police she was walking in a grass field when an unknown man approached her and pointed a gun at her.

She gave him her backpack and then he got into a silver car and left the scene.

The woman was not injured.

A spokesperson for Saint Louis University said in a statement to 5 On Your Side, “as far as we are aware - the victim has no connection to the university.”

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