Middle Village business robbed at gunpoint

1577-17 GP Robbery 104 pct 06-17-17 Pic of PerpA commercial business on the corner of 85th Street and Eliot Avenue was robbed at gunpoint on Saturday.

According to police, the suspect in the photo entered the establishment at around 5:17 p.m. holding a fire arm. He subsequently ordered the 45-year old employee to remove the contents of the register.

The employee turned over approximately $1,600 and the suspect fled on foot southbound on 85th Street.

The individual is described as a male White, slim build with a mustache, who was last seen wearing a dark hat, dark hooded jacket and dark jeans.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). 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.

Police did not immediately identify which business was robbed.

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