Cops Seek 4 In JG Melon Shooting, Failed $30K Watch Nab: NYPD

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A quartet of dangerous crooks are what's on the menu for NYPD investigators, according to officials who released new details and images related to the shocking daylight attempted robbery and shooting outside of one of the Upper East Side's most popular eateries.

At first, police officials told reporters that it had been a pair of thieves who fired a gun outside of the iconic JG Melon on Saturday afternoon after a failed attempt to steal a man's watch.

Now they say twice as many thieves were involved in the brazen attack, and police have also released pictures of people they claim are connected to the scary incident.

A man in one of the images appears to be holding a pistol.

As the 22-year-old man was standing on Third Avenue near East 74th Street waiting for a table at about 3:45 p.m. on Saturday, four men approached him and attempted to steal his $30,000 watch, police said late Monday.

One of them, cops say, pulled out a pistol and fired it once.

Nobody was injured and the four dangerous muggers fled on two mopeds, heading east on East 74th Street, police said.

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).