A group of suspects are still on the run after they allegedly robbed a man at gunpoint in Bushwick late last month, per the NYPD.
Police said the perps approached the 26-year-old victim at the corner of Broadway and Thomas S. Boyland Street just after 9 p.m. on Jan. 23, 2024 and forcibly took his cell phone while holding out a firearm.
With the phone in hand, the men fled on foot, and still have not been found or arrested. The victim was not injured during the incident.
The NYPD asked anyone with knowledge of the incident or the suspects to contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782), on the Crime Stoppers website, or on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, @NYPDTips.
In the 73rd Precinct, where the incident took place, robberies are up 17.6% compared to last year, according to the most recent Police Department data. So far this year, 40 robberies have been reported in the precinct, compared to 34 at the same time last year.
Robbery is also up in both the Brooklyn North and Brooklyn South police patrols. Last month, a 41-year-old man was robbed in Crown Heights after he allegedly got into an argument with five men, and a Sunset Park bodega was robbed at gunpoint on Feb. 16.
