Suspect arrested after Baronne Street robbery attempt; man robbed of bicycle at gunpoint on Broadway, police say

A suspect was arrested after trying to rob two people at gunpoint Monday night on Baronne Street, and another man was robbed of his bicycle at gunpoint on Broadway Street a few hours afterward, New Orleans police said.

Around 11:40 p.m. Monday, May 22, two men — one in his 30s, and one in his 20s — were walking in the 1300 block of Baronne (about a block up from the overpass) when a stranger asked them for change, then pulled a gun on them, according to a NOPD news report. They ran, and a suspect — identified as 44-year-old Cleveland Carter — was arrested soon afterward, according to the report.

Around 1:45 a.m. Tuesday, a man in his 20s was near Broadway and Hampson when he was confronted by four assailants, one of whom pointed a gun at him, the report in that case states. They took the victim’s bicycle and left with it, the report states.

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