Teens Robbed at Gunpoint in Bushwick L Train Station: NYPD

BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN — Two teen boys were robbed at gunpoint inside the Halsey Street L Train station Monday evening by two unknown male suspects (pictured above and in the video below), according to the New York City Police Department (NYPD).

Just as the 16- and 17-year-old victims entered the turnstiles at the station around 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, one of the suspects approached his targets and "displayed a handgun and demanded their money," police said.

The 17 year-old removed cash from his pocket and placed it on the ground, police said — at which point the guy with the gun grabbed the money and headed to the exit staircase, where the second suspect was standing watch. The two suspects then fled the station to the street above, police said.

Detectives described the first suspect as a black 25-year-old, standing around 5-feet-8-inches tall. He was last seen wearing a light blue jean jacket, light blue jeans and a dark colored baseball cap, police said.

The second suspect is described as a Hispanic 25-year-old, also around 5-feet-8-inches tall. He was last seen wearing a pink shirt and brown pants, police said.

The stickup described above took place in the NYPD's 104th Precinct, which covers Ridgewood, Queens (located directly next to Bushwick). According to official police statistics, through mid-September, robberies in the 104th were up 54 percent and compared to the same time period last year.

Robberies in the 83rd precinct, which covers Bushwick, are up too, around 16 percent — from 229 robberies last year to 198 this year.

Anyone with information about the gunpoint robbery at the Halsey Street station Monday night is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). For Spanish, call 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Tips can also be submitted via the Crime Stoppers website or by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577.

Lead image and video courtesy of the NYPD