Author Colin Flaherty Commentary Video "Robbers may be targeting victims from specific age group in St. Louis City" "Carjacking victim recalls moments before popular party bus driver was struck" Black mob violence hostility assau…
Author Colin Flaherty Commentary Video "Robbers may be targeting victims from specific age group in St. Louis City" "Carjacking victim recalls moments before popular party bus driver was struck" Black mob violence hostility assaults murder
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Ashli Lincoln Updated Oct 30, 2018 | Posted on Oct 29, 2018
72 hours before retired St. Louis police Sergeant Ralph Harper was shot and killed during an attempted armed robbery Monday morning, criminals committed at least 12 separate armed robberies across the city.
One woman was carjacked by the popular restaurant Crafted in Tower Grove East. Another man was held up by two suspects in Carondelet.
At least four of these robberies involved victims in their mid to late 60’s, just like Ralph Harper.
Robberies are down citywide by nearly 20 percent compared to this time in 2018.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/carjacking-victim-recalls-moments-before-popular-party-bus-driver-was-struck/63-565836968
Author: Chris Davis
Published: 10:45 PM CDT June 19, 2018
Updated: 9:58 AM CDT June 20, 2018
ST. LOUIS – A witness and victim in a downtown carjacking, that seriously injured a popular party bus driver, is sharing her story.
Faith Edwards said she and her girlfriend parked along Chestnut Street for the Taste of Downtown STL food festival on Saturday. She was feeding the meter when out of nowhere, she said she was attacked.
The guy was Mike Arnold, the popular driver of Gus Gus the Fun Bus. Faith says Mike was close by, attempting to record the crime on his cell phone, when Alford hit Mike and never slowed down.
Faith said it didn't stop there.
"He kind of did a U-turn in the road, he was on the opposite side of the sidewalk, that’s whenever he hit the other guy I believe," she said.
"I’m more jumpy now, and I’m like who’s coming up behind me. It was scary," said Edwards.
