NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – A man pulled a gun on a deli clerk in Brooklyn this week for a pack of cigarettes, police said.
Video released by the NYPD on Saturday shows the suspect placing a handgun on the counter of Munchiez Deli on Lenox Road in East Flatbush around 2 p.m. Thursday.
Police said that the man raised the gun towards the 32-year-old clerk at one point as he was demanding cigarettes.
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The clerk handed over a pack of cigarettes and the suspect took off from the deli, police said.
No injuries were reported, according to police.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
