VIDEO of Suspects In Diamond District Robbery

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The New York City Police Department is asking the public's assistance identifying the suspects wanted for robbery within the confines of the Midtown North Precinct. Details are as follows: On Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at approximately 1429 hours, Suspect #1, posing as a delivery man, was buzzed into the Watch Standard Jewelry store located on the eighth floor of 23 West 47 Street while Suspect #2 stood outside as a lookout. Once inside, Suspect #1, armed with a gun, demanded the property from a safe that was open inside the location. The four employees inside the location were complying when a fifth employee, a 56-year-old man, walked in. Suspect #1 hit the employee with the gun causing a minor laceration to his head. The suspects then fled the location with an undetermined amount of jewelry, watches and money. Suspect #1 is a male black, 6", 40-50 years of age wearing a dark trench coat, light colored slacks and tweed colored Kangol hat. Suspect #2 is described as a male black, tall 30-40 years of age wearing a red baseball cap, True Religion jeans, black zipper hoodie, black sneakers. Anyone with information in regards to this robbery is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577. Surveillance photos of the suspects are attached and available at DCPI. ***UPDATE 11-12-14*** Video of the suspects has been obtained in the above crime. The video shows Suspect #1 and Suspect #2 separately on the sidewalk before the crime occurred, and then both walking away from the scene of the crime after the incident (from the top of the screen to the bottom). Suspect #2 is wearing a red cap before the robbery, and has it removed afterwards. ©2014 Yeshiva World News - All Rights Reserved http://www.theyeshivaworld.com