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NYPD: Two Robbed At Gunpoint In West Village Apartment Building
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Jen Chung
Published Jan 8, 2016
Modified Jan 8, 2016
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Two men were mugged by a gun-wielding robber in a West Village apartment building lobby last month and cops are still searching for the perpetrator. Yesterday the NYPD released a video of the suspect in hopes the public can help identify and locate him.
According to the NYPD, the incident occurred at 3:45 a.m. on Sunday, December 13th, when a 30-year-old man and a 29-year-old man were confronted by a robber brandishing "a silver firearm" inside the lobby of a residential building near Waverly Place and Christopher Street.
The mugger then took $400 from the 29-year-old victim before fleeing. No one was injured.
The suspect is described as being about 40 years old, 5'4" and 160 pounds, last seen wearing a black shirt under a black jacket, blue jeans, black sneakers and a black winter hat.
West Village Robberyby Gothamist
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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