A bungling thief opened fireplace inside a Brooklyn submit workplace on Monday after he poked his gun right into a terrified buyer — and the tellers ran, leaving him empty-handed, authorities and sources stated.
The would-be robber stormed into the USPS’ Midwood department on Coney Island Avenue close to Avenue I round 1:15 p.m. however left with no cent — and should have tried to rob one other spot lower than a half hour later, police and sources stated.
The gunman had demanded money from the submit workplace tellers and pushed his firearm towards the again of the one buyer within the place — a 37-year-old lady, who he might have additionally positioned in a headlock, the sources stated.
The lady screamed loudly in the course of the scary ordeal, a witness informed WABC.
The tellers ran off and the foiled gunman fired pictures on the door earlier than giving up and fleeing, too, sources stated.
Nobody was reported injured, cops stated.
Investigators are probing whether or not the identical suspect additionally tried however didn’t rob a Pay-O-Matic on Utica Avenue close to Glenwood Highway in East Flatbush about 20 minutes later, the sources stated. Nobody was harm there, both.
The suspect in that tried theft crashed his moped close to the scene and was taken into custody, in keeping with the sources.
Fees are pending towards him, and he was not instantly recognized.
Republican Mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa condemned the daytime violence as he slammed Mayor Eric Adams’ administration.
“Individuals ought to completely really feel secure inside a United States Publish Workplace or anyplace on this metropolis,” Sliwa stated in an announcement. “The present administration has set a harmful tone by tolerating lawlessness, and as Mayor, I’ll restore order and defend each New Yorker in each neighborhood.”
