Masked Boston teens stole elderly woman’s purse at gunpoint, police say

Two masked Boston teens stole an elderly woman’s purse at gunpoint in Charlestown on Wednesday, according to police.

Shortly after 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Boston police said they responded to a radio call for an armed robbery on Prospect Street in the city’s Charlestown neighborhood. When they arrived, officers were met by the victim, who said she was walking in the area of Adams and Mount Vernon streets when two unknown males approached her from behind.

The victim said the male suspects pointed a gun at her before stealing her purse and fleeing toward the area of Monument Square…

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