Williamsburg business broken into; worker pistol whipped

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Friday, July 29, 2016
2 men in uniforms wanted in Williamsburg armed robbery
Mallory Hoff reporting live

WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Police are looking for two men wanted in a violent armed robbery Thursday in Williamsburg.

According to the New York City Police Department, the two armed men entered an accounting office on Roebling Avenue around 5:40 p.m. and assaulted a 60-year-old man who worked there.

Investigators said the men were wearing Fed Ex uniforms and masks.

The man was pistol whipped and police said the suspects also tied up a teenage secretary before taking off.

The man was taken to Bellevue with a cut on his head.

Both suspects fled and the investigation is ongoing.