2 Violently Robbed In East Harlem A Block Apart, Cops Search For Perps

EAST HARLEM, NY — Cops are looking for the perpetrators of two violent robberies on Dec. 10, a block apart from each other in East Harlem, New York City Police Department officials said.

The first robbery happened at 11:05 a.m. on East 105th Street between Lexington Avenue and 3rd Avenue, police said.

A group approached a 76-year-old man, striking him in the head several times with a metal wrench before forcibly removing his wallet and running away, police said.

The victim was taken to New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center in serious but stable condition, police said.

Then, an hour later, at 12:05 p.m., a group pushed inside an apartment building at East 106th Street and 2nd Avenue and robbed a 54-year-old man at gunpoint, taking his wallet, police said.

Then, the group fled in a grey sedan, police said. No injuries were reported in the second incident, police said.

Police said anyone with information on these incidents can call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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