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Two women were robbed by an armed suspect in Menlo Park on Wednesday evening, according to police.
The robbery was reported around 7:15 p.m. Nov. 2 near the railroad tracks at Bayfront Expressway, also known as state Highway 84.
Officers found the two women, ages 35 and 39, who reported being approached from behind by a suspect who elbowed one of them in the stomach and took out a firearm, causing her to fall to the ground, police said.
The suspect grabbed a purse from one woman and took a backpack from the other and fled toward the marshland area off of Willow Road, according to police.
One of the women was taken to a hospital to be treated for a complaint of pain to her stomach and was later released.
The suspect remains at large and was described as a Black man around 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall and wore all black clothing and a black ski mask, police said.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Menlo Park police at (650) 330-6300 or a tip line at (650) 330-6395.
The geography of this article makes no sense. Was this near the Belle Haven shopping center on Willow Road, near the tracks? The tracks never cross Bayfront Expressway; I think they are about 100 yards away – and are mostly located in the middle of fields occupied by homeless people.