An unidentified man walked into NY Star Beauty Supply on Pitkin Avenue, grabbed a hair product and forced his way out without paying, then simulated a firearm from inside his pants when an employee tried to stop him. He fled on foot and hasn't been identified, according to an alert from NYPD Crime Stoppers.
The incident happened on Monday, September 21, at approximately 12:10 p.m. inside the store at 1603 Pitkin Avenue, within the confines of the 73rd Precinct in East New York, according to NYPD Crime Stoppers
. The man forcibly removed the hair product from the shop, and when a store employee confronted him, he simulated having a firearm tucked inside his pants before running off, the agency said. His current whereabouts remain unknown.
No Description Released Yet
NYPD Crime Stoppers has not released a physical description, clothing details, or photo of the suspect in its public alert. The agency is asking anyone with information about the robbery to come forward, though it has not said whether an arrest has been made or whether anyone was hurt during the confrontation.
Tipsters can reach NYPD Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or in Spanish at 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Tips can also be submitted online at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or through the agency's X account, @nypdtips. NYPD Crime Stoppers accepts anonymous crime tips and offers up to $3,500 for information leading to an arrest and indictment.
Another 73rd Precinct Robbery Just Days Earlier
This isn't the only recent robbery reported within the 73rd Precinct. A week earlier, on September 14 at approximately 3:28 p.m., a suspect robbed a commercial establishment at 130 New Lots Avenue, according to a separate Hoodline report. In that case, the suspect took merchandise without paying and maced a 30-year-old man who tried to intervene before fleeing with the stolen goods.
The two incidents occurred in the same precinct within a week of each other, though nothing in the available evidence ties them together as a connected series. Years earlier, in July 2021, a robbery suspect was reported to have beaten a 68-year-old man on a Brooklyn sidewalk near Pitkin Avenue and Barbey Street, according to PIX11. Police said that suspect approached the victim while riding a Citi Bike, demanded his property, and punched and kicked him before stealing his cellphone and a silver necklace and fleeing down Pitkin Avenue.
For now, the man wanted in the NY Star Beauty Supply robbery remains unidentified, and NYPD Crime Stoppers is relying on the public for leads.
