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Nov. 25, 2015 Staff Report
A man followed a 25-year-old woman into her Sunnyside apartment building Saturday and robbed her at gunpoint, police said.
The suspect allegedly followed the woman into the lobby of her 47th Avenue/39th Place Street apartment building at around 4:50 am November 21, displayed his firearm and demanded the woman hand over her purse.
The woman complied and the suspect fled on foot with the purse, which contained $60 in cash and bank card, according to the NYPD. The victim was not injured.
The suspect is a male Hispanic, police say. He was wearing a dark-gray hooded sweatshirt over a light-color shirt, dark-color pants and black sneakers.
Video of the suspect is attached.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.
