3 students robbed at gunpoint near Georgia Tech

ATLANTA — Three college students say someone robbed them at gunpoint near Georgia Tech.

A campus safety alert said the robbery happened around 11 p.m. Monday on Ethel Street.

Two Georgia Tech students and one Georgia State University student said they were walking home when the robbery occurred.

They said a man in a dark-colored car approached them, put a gun to their faces and demanded all of their belongings.

Two of the students handed everything over, but the third student ran away. Atlanta police are investigating the robbery.

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Students said they were horrified to learn of the robbery, but know that they are not exempt from crime.

"Living in a city as big as this one, we have to be conscious of it," Georgia Tech student Emma Siegfried said.

She said she usually feels safe on campus and felt safe after attending a football game Monday night.

"Our police department is really great. I know they had police set up down a specific route we were sent out to walk on both to and from the game so they're really amazing," she said.

Some students said they feel safe on campus, but that changes the second they step off.

"I just wish there was something more we could do to make sure it's a safer environment, not just on campus, but the outstanding regions where students are also living," Georgia Tech student Will Cook said.

He said he'll never walk on or off campus at night alone.

"Just trying to be street smart about it and not wanting to do anything stupid about anything," he said.

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