Video shows robber violently beating Bronx cellphone store worker

ByEyewitness News WABC logo
Thursday, July 9, 2020
Video shows violent cell phone store robbery in Bronx
Police released surveillance video of the attack on the store's worker.

MORRISANIA, Bronx (WABC) -- There's new surveillance video of a man violently assaulting a cell phone employee during a holdup in the Bronx.

The incident took place on Wednesday, July 1 at 12:40 a.m.on Third Avenue in Morrisania.

According to the NYPD, the attacker told the employee he had a gun.

The worker didn't believe him and that's when the man attacked him.

The robber fled with the victim's bag containing $15,000, a laptop, and a wallet.

The employee suffered minor injuries.

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

RELATED: Robbery of ATM inside Bronx bodega

----------

* More Bronx news

* Send us a news tip

* Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts

* Follow us on YouTube