Police at the scene of a fatal robbery near the Howard Univ. campus. (credit: Heather Curtis/All-News 99.1 WNEW)
LANHAM, Md. (CBSDC) ? A Howard University student was shot to death and another was beaten during a vicious robbery late Thursday night near the school?s campus in northwest Washington.
Two men approached the students as they were walking in the 700 block of Fairmont Avenue NW shortly before 11:30 p.m., police say. Authorities believe a man then pulled a gun and fatally shot 22 year-old Omar Sykes multiple times in the chest.
The shooting victim was taken to the hospital where police say he was later pronounced dead.
Another student beaten during the robbery was also taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Police say at least one of the suspects was armed with a gun. Both men fled the scene following the robbery.
The students have not been identified.
A motive for the robbery is unclear.
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