Crime & Safety

Man Robbed at Gunpoint by Three Men in Cambridge

Police are searching for three suspects in relation to a robbery on early Tuesday morning in Cambridge.

CAMBRIDGE, MA - Police are searching for three suspects who allegedly robbed a man at gunpoint near the Corporal Burns Playground Wednesday.

According to police, the 27-year-old victim said he was walking home from Allston in the area of Flagg and Banks streets around 1:20 a.m. Dec. 6 when three men walked toward him.

The victim told police one of the men shoved the him into a car and then put him in a chokehold, while a second suspect held a gun to his stomach. The men then went through the victim’s pockets, stealing a cellphone and a wallet, before fleeing.

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Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call Cambridge Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Section at 617-349-3370.

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