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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