Four Masked Suspects, Four Handguns: SF State's Timely Warning for a Gunpoint Robbery in a University Park Lot
AI-generated · every claim is source-linkedOn the evening of January 16, 2020, three women were robbed at gunpoint by four masked suspects in the rear parking area of 225 Buckingham Way, a San Francisco State University residential parking location. The suspects boxed in the victims' car with a dark four-door sedan, exited armed with handguns, and removed items from the passenger compartment. The SF State University Police Department issued a Clery timely warning describing the robbery and the four suspects.
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On Thursday, January 16th, 2020, at approximately 7:30 PM, three female victims reported to the University Police Department that they had been robbed at gunpoint in the rear parking area of 225 Buckingham Way. The victims stated that they were driving to their parking spot when a dark colored, possibly black, 4-door sedan pulled in front of them and stopped. Four suspects, armed with handguns, exited the vehicle and approached the victims. Items were also removed from the passenger compartment of the vehicle. The suspects were described as having slim builds, approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall, wearing all black clothing with either hoodies or beanies on, and their faces covered with bandanas or some other type of cloth.
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Who is sending the alert and who is responding. People act faster on a message from a clearly identifiable, credible sender, such as a named department, the police, or a branded alert system, than on an anonymous notice. A branded signature counts.
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Campus Alert Archive. "San Francisco State University: Four Masked Suspects, Four Handguns: SF State's Timely Warning for a Gunpoint Robbery in a University Park Lot." Incident of January 16, 2020. Added June 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/sfsu-buckingham-way-armed-robbery-2020-01-16/
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