Identify Four Suspects Accused Of Mugging Teenage Girl On 4th Avenue

Identify Four Suspects Accused Of Mugging Teenage Girl On 4th Avenue

Help cops find four suspects accused of ambushing a teenage girl and punching her in the face on 4th Avenue near Gowanus yesterday.

The 17-year-old victim was standing in front of 88A 4th Avenue when she was surrounded by about 20 people on Thursday, January 12 at 7pm, said cops. Members of the crowd then allegedly punched her in the face and stole her cell phone, before dashing toward the 4th Avenue-Pacific train station.

EMS took her to an area hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.

The first suspect is described by police as a 15- to 17-year-old black male with a dark complexion. He was last seen wearing a dark hooded jacket and dark jeans and red hair.

The second suspect is described as a 15- to 17-year-old black female, last seen wearing a black hooded jacket, blue jeans, and black and white Jordan sneakers.

The third suspect is described as a 15- to 17-year-old black female with medium-dark complexion. She was last seen wearing a purple hooded jacket, blue jeans, and purple sneakers.

The fourth suspect is described as a 15- to 17-year-old black female with a medium complexion. She was last seen wearing a white tank top, black pants with a white stripe down the leg.

See the surveillance video above, released by NYPD.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). 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.