Crime & Safety
Inwood Fish Store Heist: Armed Robber Makes Cash Grab, Cops Say
Police are looking for a man they say pulled out a gun at the El Tina Fish Market and tried to take cash from the register.
INWOOD, NY — A masked man stole food at gunpoint from an Inwood fish market in a botched robbery attempt last month, the NYPD announced Friday.
The armed man ordered his meal from El Tina Fish Market on West 207th Street and Broadway about 7:55 a.m. on April 30, then pulled out a gun, police said.
The robber tried to grab cash from the register then fled without paying for his "consumables," police said.
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Consumables on El Tina's menu — with prices ranging from $6 to $17 — include fried calamari, red snapper and a whiting sandwich.
The robber, who wore a black ski mask, jumped into a black Chevy sedan outside and sped away, police said.
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No one was injured during the fish store heist, 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).
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