Robber takes purses of 2 UNC students
Published: Sat, Feb. 25, 2006 12:00AM
Modified Sat, Feb. 25, 2006 03:51AM
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closeTwo UNC-Chapel Hill students were robbed at gunpoint about 12:30 a.m. Friday near downtown.
According to Chapel Hill police, the students were walking near Church and Lindsay streets when a man with a gun demanded one woman's purse.
After she handed it to him, he grabbed the other woman's purse from her shoulder, causing her to fall.
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One of the women immediately called 911, but police were not able to find a suspect in the area.
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