Police: Surveillance Video Shows 2 Men Robbing Brooklyn Deli At Gunpoint
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police are trying to identify two men who they say robbed a Brooklyn deli at gunpoint.
It happened just before 5 p.m. Wednesday at the family-owned Sutter Express Deli on Sutter Avenue in Brownsville.
Surveillance video shows the men, one wearing a mask, walk into the deli armed with guns, police said. One of the men is seen pushing deli employee Majed Alzwqari's 63 year-old uncle up against an ATM.
That's when police said the other suspect walked up to the counter and demanded money.
"I see the other one come to me with a gun," Alzwqari told CBS2's Erin Logan. "He asked me for money and I give it to him and he started talking. He wanted all the money and I gave all the money he wanted."
He handed $550 in cash over to the suspect.
"And he played with the gun, you know, after that," said Alzwqari.
He says the men were in the store for about two minutes before they ran off with the money. The two then fled south on Van Dyke Street, according to police.
"I can't think about it," Alzwqari said.
Alzwqari said school aged children witnessed everything.
"Yeah, crying. There was three of them," he said.
Regular customers were upset to hear about what happened.
"They give you things for free when you don't have enough money, not like other stores," said customer Bite Noreen Foy. "They the nicest around here, so I don't understand it."
Alzwqari says he's thankful his uncle, who has a heart condition, is OK. He believes it's only a matter of time before police catch these men, especially the one who pointed a gun at him whose face was seen clearly.
"Next time I don't know what they're gonna do," he said. "Maybe kill somebody."
The family says they've never seen these men before in the two years they've been in business. The suspects were also seen on other surveillance video in the neighborhood.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782), visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
