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Masked Gunman Robs Woodside Gas Station, Police Say

December 15, 2016 4:16pm | Updated December 15, 2016 4:16pm
A masked man riding in a car robbed a gas station attendant at gunpoint on Queens Boulevard on Dec. 11, 2016, according to the NYPD.
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WOODSIDE — A masked man robbed a gas station attendant at gunpoint on Queens Boulevard, according to the NYPD.

The suspect was seated in the front passenger seat of a silver Nissan Maxima that drove into the gas station at 69-02 Queens Blvd. around 7:40 a.m. Sunday, police said.

While still in the car, he pulled a gun on the 62-year-old station worker, demanded money and then fled with $130, going west on Queens Boulevard, according to police.

A surveillance photo shows the man pointing his gun at the victim through the car's passenger seat window. Police say the Nissan Maxima is a model made between 2004 and 2008.

A phone number for the gas station's address went unanswered Thursday.

Anyone with information asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

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