Teen Robs Ormewood Park Woman at Gunpoint

ORMEWOOD PARK — A woman was robbed outside her Gilbert Street home Monday morning, Atlanta police said.

The victim told investigators she was leaving her home in the 900 block of Gilbert Street at about 8:45 a.m. when a teen armed with a gray or silver handgun approached her, pointed it at her and demanded her purse and car keys.

After she complied, he got in her black, 2007 Mazda 3, backed out into the street and speed off and drove south on Gilbert.

The gunman is described as black, 13 to 15 years old, 5'8" tall, with a high Afro cut hairstyle. He was last seen wearing a dark pull-over, blue jeans, a white tee-shirt and a red bandanna across his face.

A witness in the 900 block of Moreland Avenue told police he saw a youth fitting that general description walking in the alley between the homes that front Gilbert Street and Moreland Avenue.

An Atlanta police department spokesman told East Atlanta Patch that it does not appear this incident is related to last week's armed holdup of someone on Vickers Street in Woodland Hills as that gunman was described as being in his 20s.

The Mazda sedan has license plate No. BJU6804. Anyone with information is urged to call APD Zone 6 Investigations at 404.373.5331.