Would-be Algiers robber shoots at person who foiled crime - NOLA.com

A disrupted armed robbery in Algiers ended with one of the fleeing suspects shooting at the person who apparently broke up the crime, New Orleans police said Saturday (Feb. 10). Officers have identified the suspects' car in the case, one of three robbery-related incidents that police reported overnight.

The attempted holdup and shooting happened Friday just after 8:30 p.m. in the 3600 block of Somerset Drive. A preliminary police report said a woman was exiting her car when a man grabbed her from behind and put a gun to her head. The perpetrator and a man accompanying him fled when a person came out of the residence where the woman had parked.

The resident chased the pair, one of whom pulled out a gun and shot at him. Police said the pair fled in a silver or gold Nissan Altima with Louisiana license plate number 467 AJB.

Around the same time, police were responding to a simple robbery in the 800 block of St. Peter Street in the French Quarter. The victim was approached by a woman who forced him to the ground, knocked him unconscious and went through his pockets, taking several items. Police later apprehended the woman, who was not identified.

About three hours earlier, a man in Treme was approached by two men in the 1300 block of St. Philip Street. Police said one of the men placed an unknown object in his back and demanded his wallet and phone. The victim "nudged' one of the subjects and ran away, police said.

On Thursday evening, police said a man approached a 28-year-old woman in the 3800 block of Peoples Avenue in Gentilly and demanded her purse and money. When the woman said she didn't have any money, the man fled.

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