ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, August 20, 1996 TAG: 9608200030
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG
Police continue to search for two men who robbed a young man at gunpoint early Sunday.
Police said the 18-year-old victim was leaving a party at the Shawnee Apartments on University City Boulevard at around 1:30 a.m. when he was accosted by one of the men, who brandished a 9mm handgun.
After the thieves took a wallet containing about $95 and a driver's license from his pocket, the victim ran away.
The suspects left the scene in an older model black Datsun 280-Z with primer paint spots and a white covering over its grill. They are described as black males in their early 20s, one wearing a "Carolina" blue tank top over a white T-shirt and baggy blue denim shorts, the other wearing a green T-shirt and gray pants.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Blacksburg police at 961-1150.
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