GRAMERCY PARK - Police are looking for two suspects who stole a cash box from a 56-year-old man at gunpoint in Gramercy Park.
NYPD said officers received the call Friday at approximately 2:54 a.m. after two men reportedly entered what appears to be an apartment building at 290 3rd Ave. and forced the victim into the packaging room at gunpoint.
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When police went inside the apartment, they said they found the suspect holding his mother in a front headlock, while holding a large knife.
The suspects then stole the cash box before fleeing in a black Jeep Grand Cherokee, according to police.
Police say the elderly man was not injured.
The first suspect, pictured on the left above, is described as a male with a light complexion. He was last seen wearing all black.
The second suspect, pictured above on the right, is described as a male with a light complexion. He was last seen wearing a green winter coat.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).