Woman, 61, robbed at gunpoint and shoved to pavement

YOUNGSTOWN — Police found a 61-year-old Hartford Avenue woman lying in the street on Oakwood Drive near Hartford just after she had been robbed at gunpoint at 11:45 p.m. Sunday. The woman was bleeding from her knees and was complaining of severe shoulder pain.

The woman told officers she pulled into her driveway and was getting out of the car when a male appearing to be in his late teens came from behind her garage, pointing a gun and demanding money. She said she was scared and just began to walk away from the man — telling him she did not have any money.

The woman said she saw another man, also appearing to be in his late teens, approach her from the front of the house as she tried to walk away. One of the men then snatched the woman’s purse from her shoulder while shoving her to the pavement.

Police, using a police dog, searched the area for the two men, but found only contents from the stolen purse.

The woman was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center for treatment.