Investigation continues into reported attempted robbery near the University of Pittsburgh’s campus involving two suspects

(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) An investigation is currently occurring after a reported attempted robbery near Pitt’s campus happened early yesterday morning. According to the University of Pittsburgh Police Department, around 2:10 a.m. Sunday in the 300 block of Atwood Street, two men approached people and “aggressively asked for money.” Both suspects then ran towards Bates Street without taking any money. No one was injured. 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. 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. If you have any information about this incident, you can call 412-624-2121 and reference report 25-03644, or 412-422-6520 and reference report 25-172936.