CLAREMONT — A man was attacked with a plastic shovel and robbed of $1,300 in The Bronx last week, police said.
The 37-year-old victim was talking with two men at the intersection of E. 173rd Street and Boston Road around 6 a.m. on April 17 when they turned on him and began attacking him with a plastic shovel, according to the NYPD.
The relationship between the victim and his attackers was not immediately clear.
The suspects stole $1,300 from the victim before running away on foot, police said.
Officers described one suspect as a man between 30 and 40 years old, weighing between 180 and 200 pounds and standing between 5-foot-11 and 6 feet tall. They described the second suspect as a man between 20 and 30 years old, weighing between 170 and 200 pounds and standing between 6 feet and 6 feet 2 inches tall.
Video shows the two suspects running down the sidewalk after the robbery.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the NYPD's crime stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the crime stoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577.
