Delivery Man Robbed At Gunpoint In Hell's Kitchen, Police Say

HELL'S KITCHEN, NY — The NYPD is trying to identify two men wanted for robbing a deliveryman in Hell's Kitchen.

On the night of April 23 a deliveryman arrived at 520 West 56th Street, located between 10th and 11th avenues, to drop off a food order, police said. After nobody answered the door at the apartment the food was ordered to, two men approached the deliveryman in the building's hallway, police said

One of the men threatened the deliveryman with a handgun and the other man grabbed the food bags and the deliveryman's cellphone, wallet and cash, police said. The two robbers then fled to the apartment building's 13th floor using separate staircases, police said.

The deliveryman was not injured during the robbery.

Police released photos of two suspects captured by security cameras in the apartment building's staircases. One of the suspects was last seen wearing a black knit cap, a black and white hooded sweater, gray sweatpants and white sneakers and the other was last seen wearing a black coat with a fur-lined hood, red sweatpants and multi-colored sneakers.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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