NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Officials are looking to identify a group of four suspects wanted for violently robbing a man at a Brooklyn subway station over the weekend, authorities said.
On Saturday, May 21, at approximately 7:30 p.m., four suspects entered the Atlantic Avenue subway station in Downtown Brooklyn, where they approached a 31-year-old man at the station's mezzanine, police said.
One of the suspects asked the man for money to purchase a metro card when the three other suspects jumped the turnstiles and began punching the victim's body, the NYPD said.
The suspects took approximately $1,700 from the victim before fleeing the subway.
The victim suffered minor injuries and did not require medical attention on scene.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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