Thief in Amazon vest robs Brooklyn business at gunpoint

Thief in Amazon vest robs Brooklyn business at gunpoint
Photo credit NYPD

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Police on Wednesday released a photo of a suspect accused of posing as an Amazon worker and robbing a Brooklyn repair store at gunpoint earlier this month.

At approximately 4:15 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2, the suspect entered a window and door repair shop located at 9314 Ditmas Ave. in East Flatbush where he approached the 55-year-old worker and displayed a firearm, officials said.

The suspect took $2,000 from the cash register and fled westbound on Ditmas Avenue to parts unknown.

There were no injuries reported.

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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