A couple leaving the Owen Brown Village Center early Wednesday were robbed at gunpoint, Howard County police said yesterday.

Two men wearing dark clothes and knit caps approached the man and woman about 12: 20 a.m. Wednesday, put a gun to the woman's head and took $75 from her purse, police said.

The robbers fled when other people walked onto the parking lot, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Howard County police at 410-313-2220.

Pub Date: 11/13/98