Police from the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill are looking for a balaclava-wearing armed robber who targeted an Ozone Park grocery store late last month.
The suspect was caught on camera walking into the market at 75-05 101st Ave. just before 4 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 28, approaching a 42-year-old store employee. The perpetrator demanded money from the cash register, and when the victim hesitated, the intruder lifted his shirt and reached for a handgun in his waistband, police said Thursday. He then went behind the counter, shoved the worker aside and removed approximately $2,800 in cash from the register. The suspect fled the store on foot, traveling northbound on 75th Street toward Atlantic Avenue.
The NYPD released surveillance images of the suspect and described him as having a medium