Armed Robber Steals $200k Worth Of Jewelry From NYC Store: NYPD

NEW YORK CITY — Police are looking for a suspect who robbed a Manhattan store at gunpoint and made off with $200,000 worth of jewelry earlier this month.

The incident happened on March 1 around 6:50 p.m. at a store located at 253 Canal St.

The suspect took out a gun and forced a 67-year-old man and a 67-year-old woman to the ground.

The robber then demanded jewelry from the store and fled the scene with items valued at approximately $200,000.

The man was last seen on Canal Street. There were no injuries reported after the incident.

The NYPD released images of the suspect on Tuesday. No arrests have been made.

Anyone with information regarding 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 Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on X @NYPDTips.