Queens armed gas station robbery caught on camera

JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens (WABC) -- Police are searching for the man who robbed a Queens gas station at gunpoint.

It happened on Monday at 11:38 p.m. at the BP station on Northern Boulevard in Jackson Heights.

Surveillance video shows the suspect pull out a gun and point it at a worker.

Police say he demanded cash from the 51-year-old employee before stealing his cell phone and a drawer filled with business papers.

No one was hurt.

Anyone with information in regard to the identity of this man is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

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