{"id":53047,"date":"2017-11-18T04:58:22","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T04:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=53047"},"modified":"2017-11-18T04:58:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T04:58:22","slug":"police-look-for-suspect-behind-brooklyn-gun-store-shootout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/police-look-for-suspect-behind-brooklyn-gun-store-shootout.html","title":{"rendered":"Police look for suspect behind Brooklyn gun store shootout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police look for suspect behind Brooklyn gun store shootout<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Police look for suspect behind Brooklyn gun store shootout:- The New York City Police Department asked for the public’s help Friday identifying the suspect behind a violent, attempted robbery at a Brooklyn gun store.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to police, a man disguised by a ball cap and dark sunglasses waited outside DF Brother’s Sports Center on New Utrecht Avenue in Brooklyn, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, until the store opened that morning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Saul Swinton told 7 On Your Side Investigates he remembered seeing the suspect outside the morning of the attack. He runs La Bella Pooch, a pet-grooming salon, across the street.<\/span><\/p>\n

“You know, he just looked like everybody else,” Swinton said. “So, I didn’t pay too much attention until that happened.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Shortly after entering the store, the suspect pepper-sprayed the store owner, then pulled a sledgehammer out of a backpack and smashed open a display of guns, said NYPD Detective Michael O’Halloran.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s very brazen,” O’Halloran said. “The perpetrator seemed so calm. I have never seen anything like this before.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Surveillance video captured the suspect grabbing two guns from a display case just as the store owner, still recovering from being pepper-sprayed in the face, turned the corner and started shooting at the suspect.<\/span><\/p>\n

The suspect dropped the weapons and ran for his life, leaving behind his backpack and a sledgehammer.<\/span><\/p>\n

O’Halloran said blood found at the scene, seems to indicate the suspect cut himself while reaching into the broken glass case.<\/span>
\nDespite the evidence left behind, detectives have been unable to identify the suspect.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s tough because he is wearing a hat and dark sunglasses so it is pretty tough to tell who he is,” O’Halloran said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The owner declined to talk on camera, expressing fear for his safety.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the attack, DF Brothers has improved security by adding extra help behind the counter so that no one works alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.<\/span><\/p>\n

Police are offering an up to $2,500 reward for information leading to an arrest.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/abc7ny.com\/crime-stoppers-suspect-sought-in-nyc-gun-store-shootout\/2662636\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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