NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Police released surveillance footage on Tuesday of three men wanted in connection to a robbery that occurred on the 5 train in the Bronx.
On April 21, at 7:20 p.m., officials say a 34-year old man and a 17-year old male were riding aboard a northbound 5 train near the East 180th Street subway station when the three suspects boarded the train and demanded the victim's property.
When the victims refused, the three men began to punch and kick the two victims causing pain, bruising and minor lacerations to the head and body, authorities said.
Police said one suspect removed a cell phone from the 34-year old male victim and fled the train at the Gun Hill Road Station on foot to parts unknown.
EMS responded and transported both victims to Jacobi Hospital in stable condition.
The cell phone had an estimated value of $400 officials said.
Authorities described the three suspects as Black males in their late teens to early 20s.Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
