Crooked Armed Duo Fail In Midtown Carjacking Attempt: Police

MIDTOWN, NY — A pair of armed early morning thieves attempted to carjack a driver behind Port Authority on Wednesday morning, police said.

The gun-toting crooks targeted a car behind the Port Authority Bus Terminal, at Ninth Avenue and West 40th Street, at about 6:35 a.m. police said.

Officials said the duo made their intentions clear by walking up to the driver and waving a gun.

While police offered no further details, they said the carjacking attempt failed, and the pair of aspirant grand theft auto thieves remained pedestrians as they fled south on Ninth Avenue.

Anyone with information in regard 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).