SCSU Student Robbed at Gunpoint While Trying to Buy Drugs: Police

A Southern Connecticut State University student was robbed at gunpoint while trying to buy drugs and police are still searching for the robbers, authorities said.

The SCSU campus police contacted Hamden police at 12:30 a.m. Saturday. Police learned that an 18-year-old student was trying to buy drugs in front of 190 Pine Rock Avenue when two armed men approached the victim.

The men, who carried handguns, stole a large amount of cash from the student in front of the apartments at the address and then ran down the street, police said.

The student wasn't injured in the robbery.

Authorities have not released information on the gender or identity of the victim.

Police said one of the robbers stands 6 feet tall and weighs 200 pounds. The second robber is 5-foot-9 and has a small stature. Both men were wearing dark-colored clothing.

No suspects have been identified.

Hamden police continue to investigate the incident and look for the robbers. The department asks anyone with information to call its major crimes division at 203-230-4040.

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