HELL'S KITCHEN — A suit-wearing man pulled a gun on a parking garage employee and demanded she open a safe — but he left empty-handed when she was unable to unlock it, the NYPD said.
The suspect, who was pretending to be a customer, approached the 46-year-old worker at the Manhattan Plaza Parking garage at 401 W. 42nd St., near Ninth Avenue, around 8:33 a.m. on Monday, flashed a handgun and asked her to take him to the garage’s safe, police said.
The worker took him to the safe but wasn’t able to open it, the NYPD said.
The suspect, described as approximately 5-foot-10, fled westbound on West 42nd Street, police said.
He was last seen carrying a black backpack and wearing a blue suit, a white shirt, a dark tie, black shoes, a gray knit cap and a multicolored scarf, the NYPD said.
Manhattan Plaza Parking could not immediately be reached for comment on Tuesday.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.
