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Police: Man With Gun Threatened To "Kill People" In UWS Church
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Christopher Robbins
Published Mar 1, 2015
Modified Mar 1, 2015
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Christopher Robbins
Published Mar 1, 2015
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Police are looking for a man who brandished a gun in an Upper West Side church and threatened to "kill people."
According to an NYPD release, the suspect entered The Advent Lutheran Church at Broadway and 93rd Street last Monday at around 8:30 a.m. The suspect approached a 60-year-old man, then displayed a "black firearm" and said, "I'm going to kill people," before fleeing.
No one was injured in the encounter. Police describe the suspect as a 5'8," 180-pound white male in his 30s; he was wearing a grey jacket and black jeans at the time the incident occurred.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or submit a tip to their website, or via text to 274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577. All tips are confidential.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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