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Daylight armed robbery in North Oakland

A man robbed a Carnegie Mellon student in broad daylight yesterday about a block from Chancellor… A man robbed a Carnegie Mellon student in broad daylight yesterday about a block from Chancellor Mark Nordenberg’s house in North Oakland, according to CMU police said.

The student was not harmed during the incident on Devonshire Street, and city police took over the investigation of the incident. Pitt spokesman John Fedele said that Pitt police were aware of the crime alert and would work with city police in any investigation.

The incident caused CMU police to issue a crime alert yesterday afternoon, although the eventit occurred several blocks from the campus. The following account comes from the alert:.

At 10:24 a.m. Thursday a red Saturn stopped next to the student walking toward Fifth Avenue on Devonshire Street. An African-American suspect, described as 6 feet 3 inchessix-feet three-inches tall with a stocky build, stepped out of the car and approached the victim.

The suspect showed a revolver and demanded the victim’s valuables. The suspect then fled in the vehicle toward Fifth Avenue.

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