Crime & Safety
UWS Smoke Shop Robbed At Knifepoint: 'Give Me Everything You Got'
The Columbia Smoke Shop on the corner of West 108th Street and Amsterdam was robbed early Thursday morning of $3K, police told Patch.
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — An Upper West Side smoke shop and deli was robbed early Thursday morning by two people wielding knives, a police spokesperson told Patch.
A 22-year-old employee was in the store around 1:45 a.m., when two people wearing hoodies and black face masks entered the store, police said.
One of the people said they had a gun, while the other said "give me everything you got" as they brandished a knife, police said.
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The employee tried to get in the way as the two robbers made a move to the cash register, but one of them simulated having a gun — and the employee backed off, police said.
The two robbers then snatched $3,000 from the cash register and took off, police said.
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Police said there is no description of the two people given the hoodies and face masks.
An investigation is ongoing.
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