"The first incident happened on Commerce Street; the other two on were on Akard and Ervay streets near City Hall." (I don't anything about Dallas geography). All happened before 6 a.m.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/Woman-sh ... 56864.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;[The 63-year-old victim] admits putting up a struggle with her assailant. "I had a shoulder bag, so he kind of grabbed that, and I said, 'No!'"
That's when the robber struck her in the face. "he hit me enough that he knocked me to the ground," [she] said.
Then came the threats. "He kept saying, 'Well, I'll shoot you!' ... I said, 'Well, shoot me,' so he pulled that gun out."
[She] mistakenly thought the man didn't have a gun. "Very lucky, God spared my life this time," she said.
But looking back on the incident, [She] said she wouldn't change a thing. "I've lived too long, worked too hard for something like that to be taken away from me," she said. "I still got my purse."
The assailant's other two victims were not hurt.
The suspect was described as a black male in his late 20s or early 30s.
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The same man may also have committed robberies Wednesday:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... 4b461.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;The man is described as black with an athletic build. He was clean shaven, bald, in his late 20s or early 30s, about six feet tall and about 170 to 190 pounds. He was wearing distinctive black and white or blue and white checkered shorts, extending below the knee, as well as a dark-colored fitted nylon jacket and fairly new white tennis shoes.
Dallas-area CHL instructors, brace yourselves.
- Jim
