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# Thieves Shove Man Into Car Trunk Before Stealing $6K And His Mercedes
- URL: https://bklyner.com/thieves-shove-man-into-car-trunk-before-stealing-6k-and-his-mercedes/
- Published: 2019-08-26T18:32:27.000Z
- Updated: 2019-10-01T10:38:09.000Z
- Author: Pamela Wong
- Tags: Gowanus, North Western Brooklyn, Police & Fire, 16th street, 3rd avenue, 72nd precinct, Fire Lounge, nypd, robbery, #wp

GOWANUS – Police are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the four men seen in the video below in connection with a recent robbery.

At approximately 2:20am on Saturday, August 24, the 25-year-old male victim left the Fire Lounge at 593 3rd Avenue before encountering the four suspects at the corner of 3rd Avenue and 16th Street, according to a police representative. The four men reportedly struck the man in the head and face multiple times with a firearm and shoved him into the trunk of a grey sedan, possibly a Ford Fusion, according to the rep.

The victim was able to free himself from the trunk and found that the attackers had stolen his 2016 Mercedes Benz as well as $6,000 in cash, his cell phone and watch, according to the police. The suspects fled north on 3rd Avenue. The victim refused medical attention at the scene.

*Anyone with information in regard to the identity of the men 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 CrimeStoppers website at [WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM](http://www.nypdcrimestoppers.com/?ref=bklyner.com), or on Twitter @ NYPDTips.*