An armed suspect walked into a commercial establishment at 3593 3rd Avenue in the Bronx on the morning of September 29, got into a verbal dispute with a 47-year-old employee, pulled out a gun, grabbed items and ran off on foot. Police still have not identified the suspect nearly a month later, and they're now asking the public for help cracking the case.
Armed Confrontation Unfolded in Minutes
According to NYPD Crime Stoppers
, the incident happened at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 29. The unidentified individual entered the business, argued with the store employee, and then displayed a firearm during the confrontation. No description of the suspect, including age, clothing or build, has been released in connection with the case.
After displaying the weapon, the suspect removed items from the establishment before fleeing on foot to an unknown destination, per the same NYPD account. The name and type of business involved have not been disclosed, and it remains unclear whether the firearm was fired or whether anyone was hurt during the encounter. Investigators have not said which items were taken.
How to Submit a Tip
NYPD Crime Stoppers is asking anyone with information to come forward, and tips can be submitted anonymously. The agency says people can send a direct message to @NYPDTips or call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) to report what they know.
Per the NYPD's Crime Stoppers program page, rewards of up to $3,500 may be offered for anonymous information that leads to an arrest and indictment of a violent felon. The 3rd Avenue case joins a string of similar robbery appeals the agency has circulated in recent months across the city.
Pattern of Recent Robbery Appeals
NYPD Crime Stoppers has posted comparable wanted notices elsewhere in the city this year. In August 2026, the agency sought two unidentified individuals who approached a 66-year-old man in front of a commercial establishment at 29-18 Queens Plaza South. A separate notice described an incident from March 2025, when an unidentified individual allegedly forced property away from a 48-year-old victim inside a location at 1566 Third Avenue.
Robbery investigations involving firearms have drawn scrutiny elsewhere in Manhattan this year. A deli employee on the Lower East Side was grazed by gunfire during an attempted robbery, according to Hoodline's earlier coverage, and no arrests connected to that shooting had been announced at the time of that report.
Robbery and Shooting Trends Citywide
Broader crime data suggests some categories have trended downward this year. The NYPD's 7th Precinct recorded 44 robberies through early August 2026, a 41.3% drop from the 75 robberies logged over the same period in 2025, Hoodline reported. Citywide, shooting victims were down 5.5% year-to-date through the first seven months of 2026, with 462 victims compared with 489 during the same stretch the previous year.
Those figures don't change the facts of the September 29 case in the Bronx, where the suspect remains at large and unidentified. Anyone with information is urged to contact NYPD Crime Stoppers through the channels listed above.
