Midwood Verizon Store Robbed, Suspect Shot By Police: Reports

MIDWOOD, Brooklyn — Two people are in custody, and one was shot by police, after they robbed a Verizon retailer in Midwood, according to police and local media reports.

The NYPD said that one suspect was shot near Avenue O and East 14th Street, following a “commercial robbery.” Two firearms were also recovered, police said.

A Verizon spokeswoman told Patch that the store is an independently owned Verizon authorized retailer, not an official Verizon store.

Four armed men robbed the Verizon store on Kings Highway, Yeshiva World News reported, citing sources. The men escaped in a vehicle, which eventually crashed, so they fled on foot, the News reported.

Police ordered them to stop, and one man pointed a gun at the officer, who fired back, the News reported.

The other three suspects fled on foot, and two of them were apprehended, the News reported. A search continued Thursday afternoon for the other suspect, according to the News.

A sales associate at the Verizon retailer in question would not talk about the robbery when reached by Patch by phone.

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