Police say a 14-year-old boy was robbed at knifepoint on a westbound Bx9 bus near West 231st Street and Broadway in the Bronx on Sunday, March 29, 2026. Three people reportedly surrounded the teen, with one suspect displaying a knife, and after he stepped off the bus, one of them forcibly took property from his pants pocket before the group ran off west on West 231st Street toward Kingsbridge Avenue.
What Crime Stoppers Wants You To See
According to a wanted alert posted by NYPD Crime Stoppers, the incident happened at about 5:07 p.m. The bulletin includes surveillance stills and a short video clip that investigators hope will help put names to faces. The post notes the case is being handled in the 50th Precinct and that no arrests have been announced.
Busy Bus Line, Busy Bronx Corner
The Bx9 runs along Broadway and serves a stop at Broadway and West 231st Street, placing the robbery on a well-traveled Kingsbridge stretch popular with shoppers and schoolkids, according to MTA Bus Time. The area sits inside the NYPD's 50th Precinct, which covers Kingsbridge and surrounding neighborhoods.
How To Share Tips And Footage
Per the NYPD Crime Stoppers program page, tips that lead to an arrest and indictment can earn a reward of up to $3,500. Anyone with information is urged to call 1-800-577-TIPS, or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA, or to submit an internet tip. The program also advises witnesses to hang on to any cellphone or door-cam video they might have and share it with detectives, rather than trying to confront potential suspects themselves.
Robberies Tied To Buses And Bronx Streets
The alert lands amid a run of daylight robberies and assaults across the Bronx this spring, including cases tied to bus routes and nearby streets. similar Crime Stoppers alerts and coverage from other outlets have followed a pattern in which investigators lean heavily on surveillance footage and public tips to track suspects.
Anyone with video, photos, or other information about the March 29 Bx9 robbery is asked to keep that material and contact Crime Stoppers at the numbers listed above, send an internet tip through the program page, or call 911 if someone is in immediate danger. Detectives say bystander videos and camera footage have played a key role in past cases and are now being reviewed in this investigation.
