Scant information was available, but both incidents involved armed assailants, according to police reports.
SPRINGFIELD -- City police received reports of armed robberies in the Old Hill and Forest Park neighborhoods on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively.
Tuesday's incident reportedly involved a delivery man for a Chinese restaurant, who was robbed at gunpoint around 10:40 p.m. on Conklin Street in Old Hill.
Two assailants, one of whom pointed what appeared to be a black, semiautomatic pistol at the delivery man, fled on foot on Hickory Street. It was not immediately clear if the suspects took money or other items from the victim.
Wednesday's incident involved a daytime robbery on Belmont Avenue in Forest Park, where a victim reportedly was robbed at knifepoint around 5:03 p.m. The assailant, described in police reports as a tall black male, wearing a red hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans, was seen fleeing on foot on Belmont Avenue after the incident.
No further information was available about either incident Wednesday evening.