Uber Driver Robbed At Gunpoint Outside Beverly Hills Hotel

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – An Uber driver was robbed at gunpoint Thursday night near the Beverly Hills Hotel. The robbery was reported at 9:35 p.m. in the area of Sunset Boulevard and Crescent Drive, according to the Beverly Hills Police Department.

The driver was sitting in his car when a pedestrian approached and pulled out a gun, police said. The driver wasn't injured and the suspect fled the area on foot, police said. It wasn't immediately known what the robber took.

The suspect was only described as a male in a hoodie, according to police, and the robbery wasn't related to the hotel.

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