Crime & Safety

Pizza Delivery Man Robbed At Gunpoint In Sunset Park: Cops

The 26-year-old lost $60 and his iPhone after being robbed on the Sunset Park-South Slope border.

SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for two men that robbed a pizza delivery man at gunpoint last week.

The 26-year-old had just delivered a pizza around 9:45 p.m. on Tuesday, July 2 when the two men came up to him in front of 146 17th St., police said.

One of the suspects took out a black gun and said "Give me the money," while the second suspect took $60 and the delivery man's iPhone 6 Plus from him. Both men ran away on 17th Street toward Fourth Avenue after the incident, police said.

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Police later caught surveillance video of the two suspects when they got on the subway at 146th Street and 17th Avenue.

There were no injuries from the robbery, police said.

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The first suspect is about 25 years old, weights about 150 pounds, is approximately 6'0" tall and was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatjacket, red sweatpants with a black stripe and white sneakers.

The second suspect was also around 25 years old, weighed about 135 pounds and is approximately 5'6" tall. He was last seen wearing a grey hooded sweatjacket, grey pants, grey and white sneakers and a backpack.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @ NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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