Armed robbers hold up two TU students in separate incidents
BY AMANDA BLAND World Staff Writer
Friday, January 18, 2013
Tulsa police responded Thursday to two armed robberies of University of Tulsa students, university officials said.
A student reported that he’d been ordered to the ground at gunpoint by two men near the Norman Village apartments on campus around 6:15 p.m., according to a campus alert emailed Friday morning. The assailants fled south with the student’s belongings.
A second armed robbery was reported off campus at 11th Street and Pittsburg Avenue around the same time. The victim was also a TU student.
Anyone with more information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 918-596-COPS (2677), online at tulsaworld.com/crimestoppers or via text message at CRIMES (274637). Text tips should begin with “Tip918.” Tipsters can remain anonymous and may earn a reward.
