Students robbed near 16th and Oxford streets

Two students were robbed on 16th and Oxford streets around 8:45 p.m. Sunday, police said.

The students were walking on Oxford Street towards 16th Street and were approached by a male who displayed a handgun, Charlie Leone, executive director of Campus Safety Services said in an email. No injuries were reported.

Two cellphones and a wallet were taken. The suspect then fled west on Oxford Street, Leone said. He is described as thin, with a mustache, wearing a dark jacket over a gray hooded sweatshirt.

Lian Parsons can be reached at lian.parsons@temple.edu or on Twitter @Lian_Parsons.

Off-campus shooting leaves student in the hospital

One student is in the hospital and one suspect is in custody after a shooting early Sunday morning.

According to a TU Advisory sent out at 5:29 a.m., the student was shot at about 3:30 a.m. on the 1900 block of Gratz Street. The student was taken to Temple Hospital and is expected to be released.

Anyone with information should call the Philadelphia Police Department at 215-686-3093.