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Nostrand Avenue Deli Robbed at Gunpoint, Police Say

By Camille Bautista | January 7, 2016 4:07pm
 Police are searching for three men who they say robbed a Nostrand Avenue deli at gunpoint on Dec. 29.
Police are searching for three men who they say robbed a Nostrand Avenue deli at gunpoint on Dec. 29.
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BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — Police are searching for three men they say stole $400 from a Bed-Stuy deli at gunpoint.

The trio entered Marcy Deli at 34 Nostrand Ave. near Flushing Avenue around 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 29, with one pulling out a gun and ordering workers to the floor, officials said.

Another suspect took cash from behind the register before the group fled in an unknown direction, according to police.

No injuries were reported.

Police said the armed suspect was last seen wearing a black jacket, black hat, black pants and blue sneakers.

Officials describe the second suspect as a man in his late teens to early 20s, 5-foot-9 and weighing 200 pounds, who was last seen wearing a black skull cap, black sneakers, an orange jacket and black jeans.

The third man was wearing a black hat, black jacket, and white pants, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS (8477).