Two bandits robbed three people at gunpoint in Prospect Park on July 7, according to police.
The victims were in Brooklyn’s Backyard near the park entrance at Third Street and Prospect Park West, when the gunmen approached at 1:30 a.m., cops said.
One of the robbers brandished a black firearm and ordered the victims to empty their pockets, according to police.
The late-night visitors to the park — which technically closes at 1 a.m. — coughed up their wallets and cell phones, and the thieves made their getaway, cops said.
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