COSTA MESA – – A man was robbed by four or five suspects early Sunday morning as he walked to his car, police said.

The victim was on the way to his car in a parking lot in the 1800 block of Monrovia Avenue at about 1:15 a.m. when four or five suspects approached him and demanded money, said Costa Mesa Police Sgt. Matt Selinske.

The man told police that one of the suspects was carrying a baseball bat, another had a handgun and a third had a machete, Selinske said.

The victim was robbed of his wallet and cell phone, but he was not hurt, Selinske said. The suspects fled and were last seen driving south on Monrovia Avenue.

The robbery happened in about a block from the location of another recent late-night robbery involving multiple suspects. Last Sunday, just after midnight, five men approached a man walking in the 1800 block of Placentia Avenue and beat him unconscious after robbing him of his cell phone and wallet. A passerby brought that victim, whose jaw was fractured in the confrontation, to the hospital and called police.

Selinske said the robberies could be related.

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