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Pictured is the Ezekiel W. Cullen Building at the University of Houston.
A week after an armed robbery at a bank in the University of Houston student center, a woman was robbed at gunpoint on campus.
According to a UH security alert, a woman was walking near the Student Disability Center located at 4369 Cougar Village Dr. at approximately 12:30 a.m. Wednesday when a man with a firearm approached her. The victim told university police the man demanded she send him money via CashApp. After she did that, the man then stole the woman’s phone and wallet and fled on foot.
UH described the man as Black with a thin build, standing approximately 5-foot-6. He was reportedly carrying a gray semiautomatic handgun and wearing a gray Nike sweater, white Nike sneakers, light blue skinny jeans and a black ski mask.
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The robbery came a week after the Texas Dow Employees Credit Union (TDECU) location in the UH student center was robbed at gunpoint. A man was subsequently arrested in connection with that crime.
Last week’s robbery of the TDECU location was the second time in less than three months that it was robbed. A reward of up to $5,000 has been offered for information that leads to an arrest in that case.
A UH spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Wednesday’s armed robbery.
Last March, after a sexual assault and three armed robberies near the UH welcome center, university officials created a safety task force, increased the police presence on campus and expedited an $18 million initiative to install 400 new lighting assets and nearly 200 surveillance cameras on the Third Ward campus.
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