Two tourist were robbed at gunpoint today at Saint Mary’s Cathedral parking lot said, Sgt. Lawrence Price of the San Francisco Police Department.
The victims, WeiMing Chen, 28, and his wife, Li Lu, 30, were on a group tour before the incident happen. The couple left the group at about 10 a.m. and walked though the lower parking lot of the Cathedral to take pictures. According to the victims it was then that a man approached them waiving a pistol and demanding their money.
Chen cooperatively handed over about $100, but the thief wanted more. The assailant ended up taking the couples passports, visa card, and camera and airline tickets. After robbing them of everything that had the suspect took off running. Chen described the assailant as being about 18-years-old wearing a black jacket and cap. The Police are currently looking for the suspect.
Chen and his wife, Li Lu along with the tour group of 30 employees of Taiwan airlines were scheduled to fly back to Taipei around 1 p.m. There is no report regarding if the couple made their flight.
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Proofread! Two tourists were robbed at gunpoint outside Saint Mary’s Cathedral (drop the parking lot -- you can explain that later), said Sgt. Lawrence Price ....
ReplyDeleteP2: Pretty good, but tighten it up: WeiMing Chen, 28, and his wife, Li Lu, 30, left their tour group at about 10 a.m. to take some photos from the cathedral's lower parking. That was when a man approached them waving (not waiving) a pistol and demanding their money. (Note that you don't need to describe them as "the victims" -- it's already clear who they are.)
...the couple's passports, Visa card
...everything they had, the robber
...about 18 years old (only hyphenate when it's used as an adjective, as in "an 18-year-old man")
Tighten up your last paragraph.
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