Man Robs Forest Hills 7-Eleven Worker At Gunpoint, Police Say

FOREST HILLS, QUEENS — Police are searching for a man who they say threatened a Forest Hills 7-Eleven employee at gunpoint and stole $400 from the shop on Monday morning.

Early in the morning on Nov. 10, around 5:56 a.m., a man dressed in red walked into a 7-Eleven located at 103-01 Queens Boulevard and approached a worker standing behind the counter. The man then pulled out a gun and demanded that the worker give him cash, according to the NYPD.

The worker agreed, handing over $400 in cash, which the man took and ran away with, police reported, adding that no one was hurt during the robbery.

The incident mirrors a situation that happened in Rego Park last Sunday, where a man — who was wearing a red sweatsuit and black jacket — threatened a deli worker at gunpoint and stole $1,500 from the shop.

A police spokesperson told Patch that she doesn't know if the robberies were connected, since this is an "ongoing investigation."

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.