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Three Arrested After Gunpoint Purse Theft

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Lansing Police have arrested three teens for holding up a woman at gunpoint for her purse.

It happened around 2:30 Tuesday morning on East Kalamazoo Street.

Investigators say the woman was walking on the sidewalk when the teens pulled up in a car beside her. A boy and two girls then got out. One pulled a gun and demanded the woman's purse.

When she refused, police say the two others beat her up and took it. Police caught up with the teens a short time later and made the arrests.

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