COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — An Ohio State University student dialed 911 just after midnight Friday from a friend’s phone after his was stolen at gunpoint.
It happened on West Oakland Avenue, feet away from High Street and just a short walk north of Ohio State’s campus.
“The dude jumps out of the passenger side of the car, pulls a gun on me and says, ‘Drop everything from your pockets or I’ll shoot you,’” Ohio State senior Colin Clark said.
Clark said his instinct was to do exactly what the person said. He handed over his phone, which was passcode protected, and watched the thief ride away with another person driving.
Clark had just left a friend’s house to walk home. He wasn’t even half a block down the street when he walked around a dark-colored sedan parked in the alleyway blocking the sidewalk. He said a person jumped out of the passenger seat, yelled at him and pointed a gun in his direction.
“I turned around, saw the gun and I just froze, threw all that stuff out of my pockets,” Clark said. “I do this walk all the time. And I’ve, like, never even cared or, like, thought I would have an issue, especially so close to High Street, so I’m, like, freaking out. I, like, panicked. This past week has been a little bit bad for me. My car got broken into on this last Monday.”