Crime & Safety

Men Robbed At Gunpoint At Wash Heights Gas Station: NYPD

The gunpoint robbery took place at a gas station on Broadway earlier this month, police said.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY - Two men were robbed of a watch and belongings in their vehicle at gunpoint earlier this month at a Washington Heights gas station, authorities said.

The pair of victims were at the Mobil gas station at 3750 Broadway on Sept. 6 when three unknown men approached them in a white BMW, displayed a firearm and forcibly removed the victim’s watch and property from the vehicle, the New York Police Department said.

The assailants then fled the location in a white BMW X3, traveling eastbound on West 155 Street. There were no injuries reported in connection with the incident.

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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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