Six UCLA students studying early Thursday morning at an apartment less than half a mile from campus were robbed by several armed men who entered through an unlocked door, police said.
The armed men entered the apartment on the 500 block of Midvale Avenue about 1 a.m., said Officer Gregory Baek of the Los Angeles Police Department. He did not know what type of weapons they were carrying.
They made the students lie down on the floor and took their belonging, including an undisclosed amount of cash, Baek said.
KTLA reported that the four masked men were carrying a shotgun and tied up the students with shoelaces, stealing cash, laptops, phones and other items. [Updated at 10:42 a.m.: This post previously stated the men were carrying more than one shotgun.]
None of the students were injured, Baek said.
Many UCLA students live on Midvale Avenue, which includes upscale apartments. In January, a suspect robbed nine students at an apartment on the 400 block while brandishing a handgun and took wallets, laptops and cellphones.
In September, a student was stabbed at a Lambda Phi Epsilon party on the 600 block of Midvale Avenue after a fight broke out.
— My-Thuan Tran
Map: The location of the robbery. To learn more about this area, visit the Westwood Mapping L.A. Neighborhoods page.
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