Crime & Safety

Lehigh Students Held Up at Gunpoint

University and city police looking for four assailants who held up students after 2 a.m. today.

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Two students were held up at gunpoint on the 600 block of W. Fifth Street early this morning, according to a safety bulletin from university police.

Neither student was harmed nor did they lose any property in the stickup, which took place at 2:20 a.m., according to Lehigh Police Chief Ed Shupp.

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The assailants fled the scene. Lehigh police and the are investigating the incident.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Bethlehem Police Department at 610-865-7187 or the Lehigh University Police Department at 610-758-4200.

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