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Father and 6-year-old son robbed at gunpoint after Yankee game

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Updated  May 25, 2022 2:26pm EDT
Melrose
FOX 5 NY

Father, son robbed after Yankee Game

A 40-year-old father and his six-year-old son were robbed at gunpoint as they returned home following a Yankee game.

NEW YORK - A 6-year-old boy swinging a toy bat as he walked through his building's lobby following a Yankee game was threatened with a gun as his father was robbed at gunpoint, police said.

The incident was captured on security camera video Monday at about 9 p.m. from the building at Sheridan Ave. and 161st St. in the Melrose section of The Bronx.

The 40-year-old man and the boy were seen entering their building following the game at Yankee Stadium. The suspect then followed behind. He then approached the pair with a gun and pointed it at them, said police.

The suspect then took $30 from the father.

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The NYPD is looking for the suspect who pointed a gun at a father and son before stealing $30 from the father, said police. 

He then took off on foot southbound on Sheridan Ave.

The father and son were not injured.

Anyone with information about the robbery was encouraged to contact the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 

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