Another Tech student robbed at gunpoint

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A Georgia Tech student was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday night.

The robbery happened shortly before 10:30 p.m. at the Tenside Apartments on Northside Drive in Atlanta.

Atlanta police said Jeffery Portman, a computer science student at Tech, and a companion, Virginia Beasley, were followed into the complex parking deck. Police said they were ambushed as they got out of the car. Portman is the 22-year-old grandson of legendary Atlanta developper John Portman.

A masked man pointed a gun at the two and demanded their belongings, police said. The victims handed over suitcases, a purse, a wallet and phones. The thief then got into a car with another masked person.

Police said the thieves were in either a green Chevy HHR or a Chrysler PT Cruiser. The car was last seen going west on 10th street.

The robbery was the latest in a string of recent attacks involving Georgia Tech students. It happened at the same apartment complex where Tech student Patrick Whaley was shot during a robbery in 2009. That case was one of the first involving students being attacked on or near campus.

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