An off-duty New York state corrections officer lost his gun during a robbery in the Bronx early Sunday — about an hour before a Scottish tourist was robbed by crowbar-wielding miscreants in C…
An off-duty New York state corrections officer lost his gun during a strong-arm robbery in the Bronx early Sunday — about an hour before $200 was stolen from a Scottish tourist by crowbar-wielding miscreants in Central Park.
The corrections officer was walking with an acquaintance near Westchester Avenue and 162nd Street about 5:10 a.m. when three men walked up to him and flashed a gun, an NYPD spokesperson said.The 33-year-old corrections officer — whose name has not been released — pulled out his own pistol sometime during the heist, police sources said.The robbers fired a shot and punched the officer, who fell to the ground, sources said.
A New York state corrections officer lost his gun during a robbery near Westchester Avenue and 162nd Street in the Bronx on July 16, 2023.A little more than an hour later at 6:30 a.m., a group of crowbar-wielding bandits accosted a 54-year-old Scottish tourist on Center Drive in Central Park near 63rd Street, police said. The visitor lost about $200 to the thieves, but he was not injured.
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