Crime & Safety

Brooklyn Wine Store 'Tipsy' Robbed At Gunpoint, Police Say

Police are looking for four teens who pulled a gun on the woman they found working inside the store Friday evening.

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK -- A corner wine shop was robbed at gunpoint on Friday, police said.

Four armed men barged into Tipsy at 584 Myrtle Ave. where they found a 28-year-old woman behind the register at about 7 p.m. Friday, said police.

One man whipped out a gun and demanded the contents of the register, police said.

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The woman handed over about $500 in cash and the men fled the store onto the corner of Myrtle and Classon avenues, said police.

Police are now looking for four suspects they describe as young men in their late teens sporting dark clothing.

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Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.


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