Cops Search For Suspects Who Pistol Whipped And Robbed Driver

Courtesy of NYPD.

Police are searching for two suspects who were involved in a gunpoint robbery blocks away from Commodore Barry Park in Fort Greene.

On Thursday, October 20 at approximately 8:30pm two individuals approached a 55-year-old man who was seated in his vehicle in front of 31 North Oxford Street (between Flushing Avenue and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway).

According to police, the suspects displayed a gun and demanded money.

One of the suspects struck the victim with the gun, causing a laceration to his face. The two men then fled from the scene with $400 and credit cards they took from the victim.

Police say the first male suspect was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with white stripes on the sleeve and blue jeans.

The second male suspect was last seen wearing a gray and blue hooded sweatshirt with light colored pants and shoes.

Anyone with information in regards to 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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

Additional reporting by Jonathan Gomez.