3 University of Chicago students held up near campus
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Three University of Chicago students were robbed at gunpoint within minutes Wednesday near the school’s campus in Hyde Park.
Two students were walking in the 5600 block of South University Avenue about 2:50 p.m. when four people armed with handguns accosted them and took their belongings, then fled in a four-door black Infiniti, University of Chicago police said.
About five minutes later, another student was walking in the 1300 block of East 56th Street when two people approached the student with a handgun and took their belongings. The suspects left the area in a black car that was waiting for them, police said.
No injuries were reported in any of the holdups, police said.
Campus safety ambassadors and university police officers will “maintain an increased presence” around the school’s campus in wake of the robberies, the university said.
No arrests were reported.