Crime & Safety

Trio's Cash, Chains, Phones Stolen At Gunpoint In Flushing: NYPD

Two perps in a BMW pulled out guns on the three men and demanded all their property, police said.

FLUSHING, QUEENS -- Police are searching for two perps who held a trio at gunpoint in Flushing and forced them to hand over the thousands of dollars in valuables they had on them.

The duo approached the men - ages 24, 25 and 28 - on May 8 at the corner of Downing Street and 33rd Avenue, pulling out their guns and demanding their property just after 3 a.m., police said.

The perps took $150 in cash from the 24-year-old-man; three gold chains, an iPhone and $800 from the 28-year-old man; and two gold chains and $100 in cash from the 25-year-old man, cops said.

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After the stickup, they fled the scene in a BMW X5, speeding north on Downing Street, authorities said.

Anyone with information in regards 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).

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