Man Left Tied Up On Brooklyn Street After Brutal Robbery: Cops

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — A man was left zip-tied, duct-taped and pistol-whipped on the side of the road in Brooklyn earlier this month after a group of attackers forced him into a car in the middle of the night, police said.

A group of at least five attackers forced the 28-year-old man into a Honda Odyssey around 3 a.m. on Dec. 21 near Herkimer Street and Nostrand Avenue, shooting at his 26-year-old friend who was across the street along the way, according to video and police.

The attackers tied up the man, stole his phone, hit him in the head with a gun and, at some point, transferred him to a second car before ending up in East Flatbush, police said.

They tossed the 28-year-old onto the side of road, duct-taped and zip-tied, in front of an auto body shop on Kings Highway nearly two hours later, according to police and video.

He was rushed to the hospital and treated for a cut on his forehead from he pistol-whipping, police said.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.