Woman robbed at gunpoint near UC Berkeley

BERKELEY, Calif. - A woman was robbed at gunpoint near the University of California at Berkeley campus Friday night, according to the University of California police department.   

A group of about three people surrounded the woman, one of them brandishing a gun, in the 2400 block of Bowditch St. around 8:30 p.m. and took the woman's cell phone and purse, police said.   

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The suspects left the area in what police described as a black Audi-style sedan headed northbound on Bowditch Street, according to police.