Crime & Safety
Gun-Wielding Thief Snags $100K In Jewelry From Brooklyn Shop: PD
Cops are looking for the person who fired a shot inside a Downtown Brooklyn jewelry store before taking $100,000 in merchandise.
BROOKLYN, NY — Police are asking the public's help to find the person who robbed a Brooklyn jewelry shop at gunpoint in broad daylight earlier this week.
The gun-wielding thief went into the shop at the City Point building in Downtown Brooklyn around 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, according to police. The building is found at 445 Ablee Square.
The suspect then fired at least one shot inside the store before taking $875 in cash and $100,000-worth of jewelry, police said.
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The robbery was caught on surveillance video:
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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.
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