Metropolitan police are asking women in Georgetown to walk in groups after three recent robberies, two armed, of women walking unaccompanied.
The first incident occurred at 7 p.m. April 11, when a woman walking near 31st and Q streets was robbed of her purse by man with a gun. At 9:10 p.m. April 12, a woman walking home alone was robbed at 27th and N streets by a man wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt. And at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, a woman was robbed near 29th and N streets by a man who demanded her purse while holding a gun at her side.
“There appears to be a man, or more than one, who is targeting women as they walk alone in the area around 27th to 31st streets. from N to Q streets, between 7 and 9:15 p.m.,” Second District Metropolitan Police Cmdr. Andrew Solberg wrote in an e-mail to residents.
The commander recommended that women walk with a friend or neighbor in the evening hours until an arrest is made. Police also are adding officers to the area.
Anyone with information on the cases is asked to call police at 202-730-1903.
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