KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Kalamazoo Public Safety officers are searching for two suspects that hit a man and robbed him at gunpoint near the Edison Neighborhood.
It happened around 1 a.m. Thursday near South Pitcher Street and East Walnut Street.
Investigators say a Kalamazoo resident walking in the area was confronted by two men who struck him with an object, took his wallet at gunpoint, and fled on foot around the 600 block of East Walnut Street
The victim was treated at a local hospital for facial injuries and later released.
Police launched a K-9 search and found 3 subjects in the area, but they aren’t sure if they were involved in the incident.
The suspects are described a two thin black men in their teens or early twenties both wearing blue jeans, white Nikes, and one was in a white t-shirt and the other in a black.
One robber also had had long braids and was armed with a silver semi automatic pistol.
Anyone with information about the incident should contact the Kalamazoo Public Safety Criminal Investigative Division at (269)337-8994.
