Two robbed at gunpoint in Brookline overnight in attack similar to those in Cambridge, Boston

Brookline Police report two men skateboarding in the area of St. Paul and Dummer streets around 2:15 a.m. were robbed at gunpoint - and one pistol whipped - by men matching the description of attackers later in the morning in Cambridge and Boston.

They were skateboarding in the street when a dark colored sedan turned on to Dummer St. and they stopped skateboarding to let the car pass. The car came to a stop and two black males approximately 5'8"-6'0" got out of the car and both pointed guns at them. XXXXX was immediately hit in the face with a gun 2-3 times at which point he fell to the ground. At this point XXXXX was ordered to the ground. XXXXX stated that he did not see what the suspects were wearing but that they were concealing their faces with bandanas, one colored red and the other black. XXXXX stated that the guns used in the attack were silver, he was unsure on the type of gun but thought that they were pistols.