Crime & Safety
VIDEO: Man Robs Hell's Kitchen Liquor Store At Gunpoint
A man pointed a gun at a cashier and ordered her to empty the store's register.
HELL'S KITCHEN, NY — The NYPD is trying to identify a man who robbed a Hell's Kitchen liquor store at gunpoint, police told Patch.
The suspect entered Cellar 53 Liquor Store on 10th Avenue between West 52nd and 53rd streets around 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28 and brandished a gun at a female employee, police told Patch. The man pointed the gun at the worker and ordered her to empty the cash register, police said.
The employee complied with the robber's demands and handed him $780, police said. The man fled the liquor store and headed south on 10th Avenue and west on West 52nd Street, police told Patch.
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Police released video of the dramatic gunpoint robbery Tuesday:
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Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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