VIDEO: Man Lights Groceries On Fire 4 Times In Brownsville Store

BROWNSVILLE, BROOKLYN — A man walked into a Brownsville Food Bazaar on Monday evening wearing a black ski cap and set four separate fires in the store, cops said. The incident occurred on Jan. 30 at around 6:15 p.m. on 417 Junius St. After setting groceries on fire, the man left the store and got on a westbound B14 bus, cops said.

Store customers and security staff used bottle water and a hose to put out the fires before the FDNY got there. The FDNY then extinguished the fire, police said. There were no injuries.

The suspect is described by cops as black, 5-foot-3-inches tall and 115 pounds. He was wearing a black parka with a fur-trimmed hood in addition to the black ski cap, police said. In the surveillance video, the man appears to be pretty young, maybe even a teenager.

The NYPD released surveillance video and photos from the incident and are asking anyone with information on the suspect or the incident 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.

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