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Man Shot In Leg, Robbed Of Gold Chain In Mott Haven

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Police are searching for a robbery suspect they say shot a man in the Bronx.

On Saturday, the NYPD released surveillance photos of the suspect.

Police say around 3:30 a.m. on May 27 the suspect pulled a gun on the victim in the parking lot of East 138th Street in Mott Haven.

Investigators say he then snatched a gold chain from the man's neck and shot him in the thigh.

The victim was treated at Lincoln Hospital.

The suspect is described as a man approximately 5-foot 7-inches tall, mustache and a beard, eye glasses and last seen wearing a dark colored baseball hat with a letter in front of it and a white t-shirt.

Anyone with information about 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), visit WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or text to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

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