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Armed Gunmen Rob Brooklyn Bodega

By Wil Cruz | 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.
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.