LORAIN — Police are seeking a man who robbed a West 24th Street couple at gunpoint and stole their car and robbed another man less than five minutes later overnight.

The first robbery took place about 10:38 p.m. in the 2300 block of West 24th street, where a man and his girlfriend had just returned home from shopping. As the woman went inside, the man was unloading bags from his car when a black man dressed all in black came up, put a gun to his head and demanded everything the victim had, reports said.

The man, 35, gave his $200 cell phone to the robber, who then demanded the keys to the man’s Buick Regal. The man told police the robber repeatedly threatened to kill him. After the man handed over his car keys, the robber ordered him to walk away, again threatening to shoot the man and anyone inside the house if he returned.

The bandit then fled down West 24th Street before disappearing on Sunset Drive.

The victim told police he did not know the man but said he recognized his eyes.

About five minutes after police arrived at the scene of the first holdup, a Lorain patrolman checking reports that the assailant was driving the stolen car toward Admiral King High School was flagged down by another robbery victim at West 23rd Street. Reports said an 18-year-old male told police he had just been robbed at gunpoint as he walked near West 23rd and Sunset Boulevard.

Reports said the robber came up behind the teen and asked for a cigarette, after which the man showed a revolver, pointed it at the man’s head, and demanded his possessions. The teen turned over a $280 cell phone, after which the robber ran to a Buick Regal parked down the street and drove off.

The Buick Regal was later found abandoned in a driveway in the 1400 block of Madison Avenue. Police suspect the robber left the car in a hurry, as a computer and knife were left inside.

The suspect was described as six-foot-one, wearing gray or black pants, a black hooded sweatshirt, and black ski mask that showed only his eyes. The robber’s gun was described as a black .38 caliber revolver.

No one was injured in either holdup, police said.

Contact Steve Fogarty at 329-7146 or sfogarty@chroniclet.com.