Crime & Safety
VIDEO: Suit-Wearing Gunman Among Diamond District Heist Suspects
Three men robbed the store on Sunday, tying up employees.
MIDTOWN, NY – Dramatic video shows a suit-wearing gangster pull a gun on workers in a Diamond District jewelry store, forcing them to lie on the ground while another two men come in and tie them up.
The heist, which happened in broad daylight on Aug, 25, was caught by surveillance cameras in Avianne & Co. Jewelers at 28 West 47th Street. The three robbers "removed a large quantity of jewelry" after tying up four employees, police said.
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Police said they asked about buying items before forcing the workers into a backroom, binding them with zip-ties and duct tape and grabbing jewelry from the safes and display cases.
The three men had not been found as of Monday.
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Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) .
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