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A woman walking home with her infant son in her arms about 7 p.m. Sunday on 10th Street near Bancroft Way was robbed by a man who held his hand under his jacket as if he were holding a gun. 

According to Capt. Bobby Miller from the Berkeley Police Department, the victim saw the suspect get off the No. 73 bus at Bancroft Way and San Pablo Avenue, as she was walking west on Bancroft. The suspect caught up with her from behind, and simulating that he was holding a gun, he told her he would kill her if she didn’t give him her purse, As she bent down to put her baby on the ground so she could hand over her backpack-type black nylon purse, he reached out and grabbed the strap from around her back and ran off on 10th Street with the purse. It contained children’s clothing, a zippered coin purse and approximately $100. 

The suspect is described as an African-American male, 30 years old, 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighing around 180 pounds. He was wearing a three-quarter length black leather coat, blue jeans and tennis shoes.