Gun-toting robbers storm NYC bar, shoot customer and leave with gold chain, $1.4K: cops
Two hoodie-wearing thieves stormed a Brooklyn bar and shot a patron in the leg before taking off with his pricey gold chain and more than $1,000 in cash this week, cops said.
The suspects, captured on video released by the NYPD, came into the High Dive bar on Fifth Avenue near Carroll Street in Park Slope just before 3 a.m. Monday and approached a 30-year-old man, cops said.
One of the suspects then opened fire, striking the victim in the leg, police said.
They grabbed his gold chain, worth $2,400, plus $1,400 in cash, before fleeing the scene.
The NYPD’s video, released Monday night, shows the pair walking to the back of the bar with their hoods pulled up and rifling through something in the back.
Midway through the short clip, one of the men can be seen flashing a gun.
The victim was taken to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, police said.
He was uncooperative with authorities and no further information was known by Tuesday,
The suspects are described as two men with slim builds, medium complexions and believed to be between 21 and 30 years old, authorities said.
Anyone with information on the crime is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on X @NYPDTips.
