2 men pistolwhipped in Oakland robbery

Oakland police are investigating what they call a brazen daytime armed robbery in which two people were pistolwhipped near Madison Park on Thursday afternoon, officers said.

Two attackers — one of whom was carrying a black handgun with an extended magazine — approached a man who was standing in the 200 block of Ninth Street in Oakland at 3:15 p.m. and “used force to take the man’s belongings,” Oakland police said Friday.

The person with the gun pistolwhipped the man, prompting a witness to try to help the victim, police said.

The witness was then pistolwhipped by the same person.

The attackers then got into a vehicle that had been waiting nearby and traveled east on Ninth Street, police said. A third person was in the vehicle, police said.

The attackers were identified as men in their 20s between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet tall, one weighing 180 to 200 pounds and the other 160 to 180 pounds.

Anyone with information should call Oakland police investigators at 5102383326.

Oakland Police Department The Oakland Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that occurred on the 200 block of Ninth Street on Thursday.