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Three robberies less than an hour apart may be same suspects, police say

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Three robberies that happened less than an hour apart Thursday morning may be the work of the same suspects, according to police.

Two of the robberies were in east Charlotte and one was in southwest Charlotte, all between 5:60 and 6:30 a.m.

Officials said all of the victims were Latinos on their way to work when the suspects approached them and robbed them at gunpoint.

Some of the robberies were violent with one victim being hit with a gun so hard it knocked him out.

No one has been arrested at this time.

This is an ongoing investigation.

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