78-Year-Old Good Samaritan Tries To Disrupt Robbery In Bushwick, Brooklyn
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- An elderly man stepped in to try and stop a robber from making off with $200 from a Peruvian restaurant in Brooklyn Monday morning.
Police say the suspect entered Inca Chicken on Wyckoff Avenue in Bushwick and removed $200 from the register around 9:15 a.m.
At that point, the 78-year-old good Samaritan attempted to stop the individual, sparking a struggle between the two men.
The suspect left the location and fled in an unknown direction.
Police describe the suspect as a dark skinned man last seen wearing a green hooded sweatshirt, tan pants, black sneakers, and carrying a backpack.
Anyone with information in regards 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 (74682). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.