Police Seek 4 Robbers In Afternoon Houston Street Stickup: NYPD

WEST VILLAGE, NY — Four men, one possibly armed, held up a West Houston Street smoke shop, steps from the NYU Silver Towers, and made off with at least $1,400 worth of goods, according to police officials.

The stickup happened on Tuesday at about 4 p.m., when four people entered a business on West Houston Street near LaGuardia Place and demanded goods from the 19-year-old clerk behind the counter, officials said.

One person in the group gestured in his sweater that he had a firearm, police said.

Three of the men in the group reached over the counter and made off with around $1,400 worth of goods before fleeing in a dark-colored Honda sedan heading west, according to officials.

Police released surveillance photos of people they say are connected to the incident.

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).