Deliveryman pistol-whipped, robbed of food and cash

A man delivering food was pistol whipped and robbed early Tuesday in the Uptown neighborhood on the North Side.

At 12:30 a.m. the man was delivering food in the 4500 block of North Magnolia Avenue when two men dressed all in black approached him on the street, according to Town Hall District police.

The suspects, one of whom was about 6-feet tall and the other 5-foot-4, took cash and the food he was delivering, according to police who said the victim was also struck in the head with a pistol during the robbery.

After he was robbed the victim drove to the Town Hall District station and reported it. The victim refused medical attention according to police who said no one was in custody.

Belmont Area detectives are investigating.