{"id":29266,"date":"2025-11-09T13:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T13:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/29266\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T13:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T13:36:08","slug":"investigation-underway-after-2-men-aggressively-asked-for-money-near-pitts-campus-police-say-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/29266\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation underway after 2 men \u2018aggressively asked\u2019 for money near Pitt\u2019s campus, police say \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH  \u2014 An investigation is underway after a reported attempted robbery near Pitt\u2019s campus overnight. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The University of Pittsburgh Police Department says around 2:10 a.m. Sunday in the 300 block of Atwood Street, two men approached people and \u201caggressively asked for money.\u201d One of the men lifted his shirt, possibly showing a gun tucked inside his waistband. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The men then ran towards Bates Street without taking any money. No one was hurt. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Pitt police describe one suspect as a heavy-set Black man wearing a white mask, black hoodie, black Adidas pants with white stripes, and white and gold Asics shoes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">They describe the other suspect as a thin-built Black man wearing a black mask, black hoodie, jeans, gray shoes and a brown cross-body bag.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Anyone with information on this incident can contact Pitt police at 412-624-2121 and reference report 25-03644, or the City of Pittsburgh Police at 412-422-6520 and reference report 25-172936. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 An investigation is underway after a reported attempted robbery near Pitt\u2019s campus overnight. 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