CROWN HEIGHTS — A pair of armed robbers were caught on surveillance video sticking up a Franklin Avenue deli, police said.
The two masked suspects walked into Frank’s Deli Mini Market at 690 Franklin Ave. at 3:40 a.m. Monday armed with a knife and handgun before threatening an 18-year-old working behind the counter, the NYPD said.
The pair demanded cash and forced the teen to go to the register, where they took $500 before fleeing on foot northbound along Franklin Avenue with a third man acting as a lookout outside the store, police said.
No one was injured during the robbery, police said.
The first suspect was described as standing between 5-foot-8 and 5-foot-10 and last seen wearing a gray hooded sweater, light-colored jeans, black-and-white sneakers and a mask over his face, police said.
The second suspect was described as standing between 5-foot-8 and 5-foot-10 and last seen wearing a blue-and-gray hooded sweater, black jeans, black sneakers and a mask over his face.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at (800) 577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, (888) 57-PISTA (74782).
