Crime & Safety
Man Robbed At Gunpoint In Broad Daylight On Upper West Side: NYPD
Three robbers flashed a gun then made off with their victim's phone and bike, police said.
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A man was robbed at gunpoint Thursday afternoon on the Upper West Side, a police spokesperson told Patch.
Three people flashed a gun at the man, 24, about 2:10 p.m. on West End Avenue near West 63rd Street, police said.
The group took his cell phone and bike, before fleeing on West End Avenue, the spokesperson added.
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The man was not injured during the robbery, police said.
The spokesperson did not have a description of the three suspects as of Thursday afternoon.
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The gunpoint robbery comes two days after a 17-year-old was shot just blocks away in the neighborhood at 68th Street and Amsterdam on Tuesday morning.
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