Yale police said in a public safety message that it happened just after 3 p.m. when two strangers approached a New Haven man who was walking on the canal line, pulled out a gun, threatened him, and demanded his property.
They said the man complied and the robbers fled toward Hamden.
No one was injured, Yale police said.
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