If hindsight is 20/20, Shaunte Brown can now see the red flags plain as day.
“It happened on the corner right here of 23rd and Humboldt,” she said, pointing. “I would have told him ‘no, meet somewhere else! It’s a setup.'”
But Wednesday night, she and her boyfriend thought they had found a great deal on an iPhone on LetGo, an online marketplace for buying and selling used goods.
They agreed to meet the seller, but then saw two other men running toward them.
“Seconds later, these guys came from across the street and pulled a gun on us and we took off running,” she said. “When we came back, we saw they had gotten into the car and stolen my purse and phone. Thank God I’m still here to tell my story. I don’t want it to happen to nobody else.”
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