Police: Man pulls gun, runs off with teen's backpack on Brooklyn subway

CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Police are searching for a man wanted in an armed robbery on the subway in Brooklyn.

It happened three weeks ago on a Q train. Police say the man pulled out a gun at Coney Island's West 8th Street Station.

The man allegedly then ran off with a 17-year-old's backpack at Ocean Parkway.

The victim was not hurt.

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