Woman Robbed At Gunpoint At Palo Alto Train Station

Palo Alto CA

22 December, 2021

12:14 PM

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By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News Foundation PALO ALTO, CA — Police are in search of two suspects who robbed a woman in her twenties at the University Avenue train station on late Tuesday afternoon, said the Palo Alto Police Department. At 4:17 p.m., the woman called the department's dispatch center saying she was robbed at gunpoint. According to her account of the incident, two suspects brandished a handgun at her and demanded her backpack, credit cards, portable charger and Nike shoes she was wearing. Police said a woman in her eighties tried to intervene but stopped with the suspect pointed the gun at her. The two suspects fled towards University Circle in a white Nissan sedan, according to witnesses. Both suspects were described as two Hispanic men in their mid-twenties wearing black shirts. Police urge anyone with more information on the case to call their 24-hour dispatch center at (650) 329-2413. Copyright © 2021 Bay City News, Inc. All rights reserved. Republication, rebroadcast or redistribution without the express written consent of Bay City News, Inc. is prohibited. Bay City News is a 24/7 news service covering the greater Bay Area.