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Cops search for suspects wanted in connection with Flushing robbery

Cops search for suspects wanted in connection with Flushing robbery
Photo via Twitter 109th Precinct
By Carlotta Mohamed

FLUSHING — Officers from the 109th Precinct were searching for three men wanted in connection with a Nov. 6 commercial gunpoint robbery in Flushing.

The robbery occurred at approximately 8:20 p.m. in a basement at 35-22 Farrington St., police said.

According to the NYPD, a 60-year-old man filed a complaint saying that three suspects — one Asian man and two black men — entered the establishment. One suspect brandished a firearm and struck the victim in the back of the head causing pain, police said.

The three suspects then removed wallets totaling $8,000 and cell phones from seven men, police said.

The suspects also removed a DVR system and fled in an unknown direction, according to authorities.

Anyone with information regarding the robbery is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish speakers, dial 888-57-PISTA), visit their website, www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or send a text message to 274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577.

All calls and messages are kept confidential.

— Carlotta Mohamed