Man Steals $1.5K In Gunpoint Robbery At Rego Park Deli: NYPD

REGO PARK, QUEENS — Police are searching for a man who they say threatened a Rego Park deli worker at gunpoint and stole $1,500 from the shop on Sunday.

On the afternoon of Nov. 7, around 2:00 p.m., a man walked into a deli located at 92-32 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 $1,500 in cash, which the man took and ran away with, police reported, adding that no one was hurt during the robbery.

The following day, NYPD officials released a photo of the man who stole from the deli.

As of Tuesday, Nov. 9, however, no arrests have been made and the case remains under investigation, according to police.

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.