Video: Suspect Linked to Sunset Park Attempted Robbery

Pictured: the suspect. Image via NYPD

SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for a man (pictured above) wanted in connection to an attempted robbery in Sunset Park on Monday, June 6.

At about 4:40 p.m. on that day, the suspect approached the victim, a 21-year-old woman, at the corner of 55th Street and 7th Avenue and tried to steal her purse, according to the NYPD. The woman fell down, injuring her knee, police said.

Detectives described the suspect as a Hispanic male, approximately 5-foot-eight-inches tall, with black eyes and black hair. He was last seen wearing a blue T-shirt and baseball cap.

Police have also released the following video of the suspect:

Anyone with information on this attempted robbery can confidentially report it via the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers website or by anonymously calling the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

Los hispanohablantes pueden llamar 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Tips can also be text-messaged to the NYPD by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577.