ST. LOUIS — A woman was injured, her rental car taken and her personal items stolen at gunpoint early Monday morning in St. Louis, according to police.
Officers were on patrol in the 3800 block of Garfield at about 3 a.m. Monday when a woman flagged them down. She told the officers a man and woman just robbed her at gunpoint.
The 27-year-old said she got into an argument with the woman and that’s when the man hit her several times with his fist and demanded her phone, money and keys.
The victim said she refused, but then the man pulled out a gun and pointed it at her, she told police. The woman handed over her valuables. She said the female suspect got into her car and both suspects drove off.
The woman told police she was renting the Ford Fusion that was stolen from her. She suffered minor injuries.
Police are investigating the incident as a carjacking.
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