2 suspects arrested following armed robbery of ride-share driver in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH — Two people have been arrested after an armed robbery of a ride-share driver in Pittsburgh early Wednesday morning.

According to a release from police, an officer was conducting a directed patrol just after 2:45 a.m. in the 1200 block of Chartiers Avenue when a woman ran toward his vehicle.

The woman told the officer she had just been threatened at gunpoint by three males who attempted to steal her purse.

The victim told police she was a ride-share driver who picked up a 16-year-old boy at West Penn Hospital for a ride to an address in the area of the robbery, according to police paperwork.

Once the trip was complete, the passenger asked her to make a turn onto Nittany Street where she parked her vehicle. The woman told police the passenger took her keys out of the ignition and grabbed her purse.

The victim told police she tried to get her purse and keys back from the suspect when two more males appeared from a yard. She said one of the suspects, 18-year-old Tejaun Davis, pointed a gun at her and took the purse from her before dropping it and running away when he saw police approaching, according to court documents.

Police caught up with Davis and the 16-year-old on foot and placed them in custody. The third suspect got away and still has not been arrested.

A stolen firearm was recovered near the scene.

This is the second carjacking on the same block of Chartiers Avenue on back-to-back days. Police have not confirmed if the two cases are related or not.

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