ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, January 7, 1997 TAG: 9701070095
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: DIANE STRUZZI
A 34-year-old Southwest Roanoke woman was hit in the face and robbed Sunday night by a man who first asked her if she wanted to buy drugs.
Police said Donna Hairston told them she was coming out of a store at Chapman Avenue and 13th Street about 8:25 p.m. Sunday when two men standing nearby approached. One asked her if she wanted to buy some crack. When Hairston refused, the man hit her and took $15 in cash she had in her hand. The man then drew a small pistol.
Hairston's boyfriend was in a nearby car. The other assailant threw a bottle at the windshield. Hairston's boyfriend drove away and she ran back into the store.
The two assailants fled on foot.
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