Two Robbed At Gunpoint Near Johns Hopkins Campus

Police say two people were targeted in an armed robbery early Tuesday near Johns Hopkins University.

According to police officers arrived at 12:17 a.m. to the 3100 block of Guilford Avenue, where a 21-year-old student told police he was walking eastbound along the 200 block of East 32nd Street with a friend when they were approached by three black males. One pointed a black revolver at them and said, "Give me all your stuff," according to a police report. Two others then searched the victims and took a smartphone, wallet and two sets of keys.

The armed man was described as 5 feet 10 inches tall and 20 to 22 years old, with short black hair and wearing a gray hoodie. Another robber was described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, skinny and 16 to 18 years old, wearing a navy blue T-shirt. No further description was available for the third individual.

The robbers fled southbound on Calvert Street, the victim told police. A canvass of the area was unsuccessful.

In the most recent legislative session, lawmakers approved the creation of a campus police force at Johns Hopkins. For the last week, a group of about 30 students have occupied Garland Hall, the campus administration building, to protest the bill, which Gov. Larry Hogan has not yet signed.

"We believe they should be investing that money instead on the community-driven alternatives to address the poverty and the gentrification that Hopkins contributes to in Baltimore because those are the long-term contributors to these kinds of crime," said Peter Weck, a student protester.

University officials are working to put a police force in place.