Police Looking For Flatbush Purse-Snatchers

FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN — The NYPD is looking for three men who they say were involved in grabbing an old lady's purse from her as she was walking down a street in Flatbush.

The robbery happened in May, but police released video of the incident Tuesday night.

The 60-year-old woman was walking on East 22nd Street, between Ditmas and Newkirk avenues, police said, just before 8 p.m. on the night of Monday, May 29.

Surveillance footage released by police shows her being followed by two men, while a third walks alongside them in the street.

The people all go out of frame of the video, and when they come back, the three men are sprinting back the other direction, one holding a bag.

The man are still at large, according to police. You can watch the surveillance video below:

Here's how anyone with information can report it to police:

Anyone with information in regards 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 Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

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