Crime & Safety
Man Forced To His Knees, Robbed At Gunpoint In Greenpoint: Cops
Police are still looking for two men that used a handgun to take $250 and a backpack from a man on Eagle Street.
GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN — Police are still looking for two men that forced a 47-year-old to his knees and robbed him last month with a handgun.
Just after midnight on Friday, Feb. 22 two men came up to the 47-year-old victim across from 50 Eagle Street and demanded his money. One of the men took out a handgun, police said.
The two attackers forced the man to kneel on the pavement and took his backpack, wallet and $250, police said. They then ran away eastbound on Eagle Street.
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Police have released photo and video of one of the men, who was last seen wearing a brown coat.
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 or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.
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