New Bedford Police are searching for a suspect following an armed robbery early Friday morning.

Detective Captain Steven Vicente says that at around 1:30 a.m. a 24-year-old Dartmouth woman had just left an establishment on the bottom of Union St.

She was leaning on a tree near Commercial St. waiting for some friends when she was approached by a man with a gun who demanded money.

She gave him some cash and the man fled the scene, the victim wasn't harmed.

The suspect is described as a Hispanic male with a muscular build, between 5'8 to 5'11, wearing a red hooded sweatshirt pulled over his face, gray sweatpants, and white sneakers.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the detective division at 508-991-6300 ext. 320 or leave an anonymous tip at 508-961-4584.

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