By Angelica Acevedo
The NYPD was in search of two men who they say stole an iPhone 7 Plus from a 12-year-old boy in Ozone Park.
According to authorities, two unidentified men approached the victim at the intersection of South Conduit Avenue and 79th Street June 14. At about 4:15 p.m., police said the suspects told the victim they had a gun and demanded his cellphone. The boy complied and both suspects fled on foot with the iPhone 7 Plus, police said.
The victim was not harmed as a result, according to police.
The two suspects are described as black males. The first one was last seen wearing a black T-shirt and gray shorts and the second one was wearing a black T-shirt, black baseball hat and camouflage shorts.
The police ask anyone with information to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.