By: Nick Wicker
A man was robbed at gunpoint near the University of Minnesota campus early Sunday morning in the area’s second armed robbery within about a week.
The victim, who isn’t affiliated with the University, was crossing the footbridge near Van Cleve Park at about 2:30 a.m. when four men wearing ski masks approached him from behind masks, threatened him with a gun and demanded his valuables, according to a crime alert sent to the campus community.
The men took his wallet, cellphone and phone charger and fled south on 14th Avenue Southeast, the alert said.