Police Searching For Suspects In Armed Robbery Of Phone Store In Queens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police have released surveillance video of an armed robbery at a phone store in Queens.
It happened around 5:15 p.m. Sunday at a Metro PCS store on Parsons Boulevard.
Police said at first, one of the suspects walked into the store and posed as a customer, asking an employee some questions. The man then pulled out a gun and demanded money as a second suspect stood outside the store as a lookout, police said.
The employee handed over $100 in cash and the two fled, according to investigators.
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.
