Group impersonating NYPD officers hold up deli in Brooklyn

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Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Group impersonating NYPD officers hold up deli in Brooklyn
The group zip-tied a 48-year-old customer, a 68-year-old employee, and a 40-year-old employee and forced them to the ground at gunpoint.

BROOKLYN (WABC) -- A group impersonating NYPD officers held up a deli in Brooklyn on Sunday morning.

The four people entered a deli on Marcus Garvey Boulevard in Bedford-Stuyvesant dressed in dark clothing with NYPD logos.

The group zip-tied a 48-year-old customer, a 68-year-old employee, and a 40-year-old employee and forced them to the ground at gunpoint.

The robbers took off with a bag with items from the location and fled in a dark colored van.

No one was injured.

There are no arrests, and the investigation is ongoing.

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