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A man was robbed at gunpoint Monday night in the Mission District, the second time a man was held up with a gun that day in the neighborhood.

At 5:10 p.m., a 45-year-old man was walking on Harrison Street between 18th and 19th streets, by the Mission Cliffs gym, when he saw a man estimated to be between 18 and 20 years old cross the street. The 45-year-old kept walking but the suspect came up from behind him and asked for his phone.

The victim continued walking before the suspect pressed a handgun into him. When the victim saw the gun, he gave up his phone. The suspect fled and the police have not made an arrest.

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Joe was born in Sweden, where half of his family received asylum after fleeing Pinochet, and spent his early childhood in Chile; he moved to Oakland when he was eight. He attended Stanford University for political science and worked at Mission Local as a reporter after graduating. He then spent time in advocacy as a partner for the strategic communications firm The Worker Agency. He rejoined Mission Local as an editor in 2023.

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