INITIAL ALERTEmail
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Pitt Crime Alert: At approximately 2:10 a.m. Sunday, two males approached a group of students along Atwood Street, aggressively confronted them, demanded money and valuables, and flashed a gun. Both suspects then ran towards Bates Street without taking any money. No one was injured. Suspect 1: heavy-set Black male wearing a white mask, black hoodie, black Adidas pants with white stripes, and white and gold Asics shoes. Suspect 2: thin-built Black male wearing a black mask, black hoodie, jeans, gray shoes and a brown cross-body bag. Anyone with information can contact Pitt police at 412-624-2121 referencing report 25-03644, or City of Pittsburgh Police at 412-422-6520 referencing report 25-172936.
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The 2:10 a.m. EST Sunday timing placed the incident during peak student return-to-campus traffic from off-campus social locations along Forbes and Fifth Avenues
Atwood Street is a major north-south corridor through Pitt's Oakland campus, running between Forbes Avenue and the Cathedral of Learning
Bates Street, the suspects' escape direction, runs east-west through Pitt's southern campus edge and provides access to the Boulevard of the Allies and downtown
Pitt's dual report numbers (UPPD 25-03644 and Pittsburgh PD 25-172936) reflect concurrent investigations under Oakland's overlapping police jurisdictions
The crime alert was issued as a Clery Act timely warning — required because the armed robbery on a Clery-defined adjacent property indicated an ongoing risk to the campus community