Saturday, September 20, 2008

News Story #2

A tourist couple from Taipei were robbed at gunpoint yesterday morning in the Saint Mary’s Cathedral parking lot.

The victims, WeiMing Chen, 28, and his wife, Li Lu, 30, had left their tour group around 10 a.m. to take pictures in the cathedral’s lower parking lot.

A man approached them and waved a pistol around, He proceeded to steal about $100 which, Chen had offered, as well as a visa card, passports, camera and airline tickets before he took off running.

The police are now looking for the suspect who fled from the crime. Chen described him as wearing a black jacket and cap and appeared to be about 18 years old. Nobody know if the couple was able to make their 1p.m. flight back to Taipei Sgt. Lawrence Price of the San Francisco police department said.

1 comment:

camccune said...

Good lead!

But you need to tighten it up adn clarify P3: A young man approached them waving a pistol around, demanding money. The robber took about $100 from Chen, as well as Chen's Visa card, passports, camera and airline tickets, before he took off running.

Your last graph is confusing. It switches back and forth between the police, what the robber was wearing, and the flight. Put related info together.

No one knows if the couple...

Sticking Sgt. Price's name at the end of the last sentence doesn't work. I'd cite him as my source of information earlier in the story.

8/10