Scripps Mercy Hospital
Scripps Mercy Hospital. File photo

A man leaving a Hillcrest hospital was robbed at gunpoint early Tuesday morning, San Diego Police reported.

Few details of the robbery were immediately available, but the victim reported that it happened about 4:25 a.m. after he walked outside Scripps Mercy Hospital in the 400 block of Fifth Avenue.

Officer Billy Hernandez said the loss from the robbery wasn’t immediately clear, but no injuries were reported.

The suspect was described as a roughly 6-foot tall and 160-pound black man in his early 20s wearing a dark sweat suit and wielding a black handgun.

— City News Service

Chris Jennewein is Editor & Publisher of Times of San Diego.