Taser-Wielding Duo Rob Man In Elaborate BK Gas Station Attack: PD

BROOKLYN, NY — A man narrowly escaped a taser-wielding duo who robbed him at a gas station near the Bed-Stuy border earlier this week, according to police.

The 28-year-old man had taken an Uber to the Bushwick Avenue gas station around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday after his car had run out of gas, according to police.

When he got there, two men in a Nissan Altima offered to give the 28-year-old a ride back to his car with a gas can, but instead started tasing him when he got in their car, police said.

The pair stole the man's keys and drove him to a deli on Broadway, demanding he go inside and bring them money, police said.

Instead, the man used a phone in the deli to call police. The duo fled the store in their Nissan and were last seen headed east on Decatur Street, according to police.

The 28-year-old was left with minor injuries from the attack, police said.

Police have released photos of the Nissan and one of the two suspects. The car has a damaged passenger side mirror with tape on it and a missing rim on the front passenger side wheel, police said.

They said one suspect was last seen wearing a black hat, black jacket, blue hooded sweatshirt, black pants and multicolored sneakers. The second suspect was not caught on surveillance footage, police said.

Anyone with information in regard 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 CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.