Woman punched after refusing request for cigarette

Victim assaulted early Tuesday near 71st and Riverside

A woman was assaulted during a purse-snatching incident near 71st and Riverside early Tuesday.

We're told a man struck the woman after she refused to give him a cigarette outside a convenience store.

"Suspect then reached inside her car, grabbed her purse and tried to take it. She grabbed the purse and suspect then punched her in the face," Tulsa Police Corporal Brandon Disney said.