A man charged in a Tuesday morning robbery has been connected to an attempted robbery that happened earlier that day, according to Lincoln police.Ìý
Damion Scott, 19, was cited Thursday on suspicion of terroristic threats in the early incident and on Wednesday, he was charged with robbery and operating a motor vehicle to avoid arrest in the later incident. He's in jail on a $200,000 bail.
A 25-year-old woman told police she looked outside just after midnight Tuesday and saw a man in her Ford Explorer parked near 27th and Garfield streets, Officer Katie Flood said. She went out to confront him, then saw two other men standing nearby. One of the men pulled what she believed was a handgun and pointed it at her, Flood said.
He fired what was later determined to be a pellet gun, hitting her four times in her back, shoulder and wrist and causing non-life-threatening injuries, she said.Ìý
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In interviews with police, Scott denied shooting the pellet gun, Flood said.
He and four other men are also accused of robbing a 33-year-old woman about 90 minutes later outside her home near 84th Street and Nebraska 2. She told police she got home from work and a man with a handgun got into the passenger side of her car and grabbed her purse, then ran off. She was not hurt.
Soon after, Flood said, an officer spotted a car matching the description she gave and tried to stop it, but the driver took off and crashed a few blocks away.
Police arrested Scott and Deante Mullen, 18, on suspicion of robbery, and Justin Smith, 19, Patrick McGhee, 22, and William Cole, 19, on suspicion of accessory to a robbery.Ìý
Police found a purse belonging to the 33-year-old and a black pellet gun in the car that crashed in southeast Lincoln, Flood said.