ATLANTA — Someone robbed a woman at gunpoint as she jogged on the Atlanta BeltLine.
It happened at the end of the BeltLine in northwest Atlanta next to Washington Park around 7 p.m. on Memorial Day.
Channel 2's Tyisha Fernandes spoke to the woman on the phone. She said moments before the robbery she noticed a man trying to talk to some girls who told him they didn't want to talk to him.
"I knew he was up to no good but I didn’t think, you know, he was going to do anything," the woman said.
She had headphones on and she said her music was pretty loud when she felt a tap on her shoulder.
"I turned around and he had a gun out. I don’t even know if he even said anything, and I just said, 'What do you want?'" she said.
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She gave the gunman her phone and her pouch that had her money and keys in it.
"Then I just saw a little pathway like right next to some bushes so I just saw a fence and I just ran," she said.
Someone in the neighborhood called 911 for her.
She’s still terrified when she thinks about what happened and she wants to warn everyone who uses the BeltLine to be more cautious.
"Keep your eyes open and if you see anybody suspicious. If you feel anyhign in your gut that says this doesn’t seem right, just turn the other way and walk off the trail," she said.