Crime & Safety
Person Threatens Woman At 7-Eleven With Sharp Object, NYPD Says
Early on Sunday morning, the person walked into 7-Eleven waving a sharp object and demanded money from a woman, police said.
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — Police are looking for a person who threatened violence against someone at a 7-Eleven on Sunday.
Early in the morning on July 18, around 6:30 a.m., a person walked into a 7-Eleven located at 34-17 Northern Boulevard holding a sharp object, the NYPD said.
Police reported that the person waved the sharp object, and demanded that a 39-year-old woman at the convenience store hand over some money.
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She did not give any money, and the person with the sharp object ran from the store into the nearby 36th Street subway station, according to the cops.
The woman at 7-Eleven was not hurt, and the person didn't take any money or property from the store.
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As of Tuesday morning, the cops are still looking for the person, and the investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information about this incident can call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) or submit a tip online or on Twitter.
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