MOBILE, Ala. — Mobile police are looking for three suspects who forced their way into an off-campus student apartment near the University of South Alabama and robbed one of the people inside at gunpoint early Tuesday morning.
Officers were called to the Campus Quarters complex, an apartment community popular with University of South Alabama students located just south of the main campus along University Boulevard, shortly after midnight on Nov. 23.
According to investigators, three unknown suspects dressed entirely in black and wearing ski masks entered the unlocked unit while armed with handguns. They demanded personal property from one of the occupants before fleeing the scene.
Police did not immediately describe what was taken or whether the victim was injured in the encounter.
The incident serves as a reminder for students living near campus to lock doors and windows even when they are home, and to report suspicious activity around student housing complexes right away. The University of South Alabama Police Department offers safety resources for students living in off-campus communities like Campus Quarters, which sits within the broader patrol area of the Mobile Police Department.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to contact Mobile police or leave an anonymous tip with CrimeStoppers of the Gulf Coast.
What the charge could be
Under Alabama law, a robbery committed by someone armed with a deadly weapon, such as a handgun, is classified as first-degree robbery. It is a Class A felony, punishable by 10 to 99 years or life in prison.
