A $5,000 reward is being supplied within the case of 4 suspects who dressed up like NYPD officers and stormed a bodega in Brooklyn, forcing individuals to the ground in a terrifying ordeal caught on digicam.
Jarring surveillance footage reveals the suspects present weapons and power at the very least three individuals to the bottom inside the shop on Sunday morning in Bedford-Stuyvesant, close to Marcus Garvey Boulevard.
It is unclear if these individuals have been staff or clients. No accidents have been reported.
United Bodegas of America (UBS), which is providing the reward, says the thieves received away with lottery tickets and money. All 4 of them have been sporting NYPD raid jackets, baseball hats and black ski masks.
The union says the most recent incident underscores the necessity for panic buttons in these retailers, they usually plan to reiterate that to the governor.
The push for panic buttons took off after the loss of life of 15-year-old Junior Guzman, who was stabbed in a brutal gang assault at a Bronx deli in 2018 after being mistaken for a rival gang member.
Since then, advocates have known as for wider utilization of panic buttons to be put in behind the counter. With one click on, a deli employee might attain police instantly. Funding has lengthy been a difficulty, and advocates say the few milllion {dollars} in state tax breaks allotted to small companies to spend money on safety measures is inadequate.
“If we had panic buttons, these fake cops would be behind bars today. Our city’s weak bail reformshave turned bodegas into hunting grounds for violent criminals,” UBA spokesman Fernando Mateo stated. “Enough is enough. We demand immediate action to protect the backbone of our neighborhood bodegas.”
Anybody with info is requested to name Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
