Gainesville Police are searching for suspects from two armed robbery incidents that occurred a day apart.
UF Public Safety sent students alerts via email about a robbery and an attempted robbery that occurred Saturday and Sunday morning, respectively.
An armed man stole an unknown amount of cash at about 6 a.m. Saturday from Domino’s Pizza, at 3581 SW Archer Road, according to the email.
The man was last seen running south on Southwest 34th Street near Kohl’s, the email said. GPD could not find the suspect, described as a 6-foot-tall man of average build.
The next morning, an attempted armed robbery took place outside of 117 NW 15th St., which is behind Chipotle on West University Avenue. Two men demanded money from a man and threatened him with a silver handgun around 7:50 a.m., the email said.
The victim and two men fought over control of the handgun, and a shot was fired. No one was hit by the bullet, but the victim was injured from fighting the two men, the email said.
Police don’t believe that anything was stolen, police spokesperson Ben Tobias wrote in an email.
After the shot was fired, the two men ran to either a BMW or Mercedes-Benz and were last seen driving north on Northwest 14th Street, the email said.
The two suspects are both men, one was tall and heavyset and the other was short and heavyset, police said.
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