Armed robbers steal $10K in cash, lottery tickets from Brooklyn store

NEW YORK - A pair of armed robbers stole $10,000 in cash and another $700 in lottery tickets from a Brooklyn grocery store, police say.

According to the NYPD, the two unidentified men entered a store in Bedford-Stuyvesant around 11:30 p.m. on December 13.

A surveillance video released by authorities shows one of the suspects pulling a handgun and pointing it at a worker standing behind the counter, while the second suspect walks behind the counter and takes cash from the register, New York State Lottery scratch-off tickets, a cell phone and credit cards belonging to the worker.

The men got away with roughly $10,000 in cash and $700 in lottery tickets.

There were no reported injuries.

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The suspects are described as two men, roughly in their mid-20s. 

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

Police say all calls are strictly confidential.

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story misidentified the store that was robbed.