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Crime & Mayhem

Armed Gunmen Rob Brooklyn Bodega

March 21, 2012 2:30pm | Updated March 21, 2012 2:30pm
Police said the robbers stole cell phones and other valuables on March 21, 2012 from the Monumental Grocery at 1276 Flatbush Avenue.
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DNAinfo/Theodore Parisienne

BROOKLYN — Two gunmen stormed into a bodega in Flatbush Wednesday morning and forced six people into a back room while they robbed the store, police and witnesses said.

Guns drawn, the robbers entered Monumental Grocery at 1276 Flatbush Ave. about 9 a.m. and announced a stick-up, police and witnesses said.

"Holdup!" they said, according to the owner, Erasno Perez. "Nobody move!"

Police said six people were taken to a back room in the store while the robbers stole their cell phones and other valuables from the victims.

Perez said they hit the cash register, too, and swiped $750 and his Lotto machine, which is worth $350.

"I don't know why they do that," he said outside of the store after the robbery.

No one was injured.

The suspects are still on the lam.

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