Crime & Safety
Teenager Robs Bed-Stuy Store Demanding Tobacco: Cops
The teenager flashed what looked like a gun at a Bedford Avenue clerk Wednesday afternoon, according to NYPD.
BED-STUY, NY — A teenager looking for a tobacco fix robbed a Bed-Stuy shop Wednesday, according to NYPD.
The teenager hit the store near Bedford and Lafayette avenues about 12:25 p.m. Wednesday, flashed a gun — or what looked like one to the clerk — and demanded tobacco, police said.
When he got the tobacco he wanted, he fled on Lafayette Avenue, police said.
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Police estimate the robber was 17-19 years old. No arrests had been made as of Friday morning.
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