Police Seek Suspects in First Avenue Gunpoint Robbery

The NYPD are seeking three suspects for robbing a convenience store at 1217 First Avenue at 66th Street on Sunday, June 11.

It took place at about 8:28pm that evening, when a 28 year old male employee of the store – Green Olive Convenient Shop – was approached by the three unknown individuals, one of whom had a gun.

The other two suspects stole money and a carton of cigarettes before fleeing the location in a white Honda Accord, driving northbound on 1st Avenue.

The NYPD has released video and photos of the suspects.

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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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

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