The police released video of a suspect in a robbery that took place yesterday evening at a Brooklyn grocery.
According to the NYPD, at 7:38 p.m., a man walked into the Myrtle Grocery at 297A Myrtle Avenue. After displaying a gun and demanding money, the police say he "discharged one round from the firearm, striking the wall, and removed $900 cash from the register, before fleeing west on Myrtle Avenue."
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The video shows the suspect climbing over the counter for the money. Luckily, no one was injured.
Police say the suspect is about 5'9" tall and 160 pounds, and was wearing a black mask, a gray jacket, black jeans and black sneakers. The gun was a black .40-caliber semi automatic.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
