Crime & Safety
Two Elderly Men Robbed at Gunpoint in SSF Park
The suspect was wearing a ski mask, dressed in all black and armed with a semi-automatic pistol.
By Bay City News Service
Two elderly men were robbed at gunpoint while walking in a park in South San Francisco on Thursday morning, police said.
The robbery occurred around 7:20 a.m. Thursday in Westborough Park in the 2500 block of Westborough Boulevard.
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As the pair was walking on a trail next to the park’s baseball field, a man dressed in all black with a ski mask and holding a semi-automatic handgun confronted them, according to police.
The suspect stole both of the victims’ cellphones and wallets and then fled. He was described as a Filipino man in his early to mid 20s who is about 5 feet 5 inches tall with a slender build, police said.
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The suspect remains at large. Anyone with information about the robbery is encouraged to call South San Francisco police at (650) 877-8900.
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