A San Jose resident who police said robbed a man near the downtown Palo Alto Caltrain station on Monday night was arrested shortly after the incident at a nearby 7-Eleven.

The robbery occurred shortly after 9 p.m., when the victim, a man in his 30s, got off the Caltrain along with a man whom he had met on the Caltrain as they were traveling north from San Jose, according to a Police Department news release.

The victim reported that he was robbed on Alma Street and Lytton Avenue, near the Caltrain station, after the other man claimed that he had a gun and threatened to kill him unless he handed over his backpack and bag of clothing, according to the police. The man also shoved him while stealing the property, police said.

Shortly after getting the call about the robbery, the police dispatch center received another call from the downtown 7-Eleven reporting that a man inside was causing a disturbance. Police said that when they arrived at the 7-Eleven at 401 Waverley they recognized the man as the robbery suspect and arrested him.

Police said the man did not have a firearm but he did have the other man's stolen property, which the police returned to the robbery victim, according to the news release.

The man who was arrested was a 36-year-old San Jose resident, police said. He was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for robbery and parole violation, both felonies. Police said he was on active parole relating to a prior conviction of assault with a deadly weapon.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Police Department's 24-hour dispatch center at 650-329-2413. Anonymous tips can be e-mailed to paloalto@tipnow.org or sent via text message or voice mail to 650-383-8984.