NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The NYPD is looking to identify a man wanted for slashing a deli worker during a robbery earlier this month in Brooklyn, officials said.
It happened just before 2 a.m. on Thursday, April 7, inside a deli located at 176 Albany Avenue in Crown Heights, police said.
Authorities said the suspect attempted to leave the store with beer without paying when the 22-year-old store clerk attempted to stop him.
The suspect slashed the store clerk in the face with a cutting instrument before fleeing on foot into 1008 Saint Marks Avenue, the NYPD said.
The victim sustained a laceration to the face and was taken by EMS to Kings County Hospital.
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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