BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) --- A food delivery worker was punched and threatened with a gun in front of a Brooklyn building last month, police said Friday.
A man and a woman picked a fight with the 37-year-old worker outside 364 Batchelder St. in Sheepshead Bay at around 12:10 a.m. on May 27, according to the NYPD. The woman punched him in the face and flashed the gun in her waistband while her accomplice stole the food, police said.
The suspects then ran into the building with the grub, police said.
The NYPD released photos of the suspects, who remained at large, as of Friday, cops said.
On Thursday night, two masked men stabbed and robbed a food delivery worker in a Brooklyn building, police said. The suspects took the victim's scooter after stabbing him in the chest, authorities said.
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Mira Wassef is a digital reporter who has covered news and sports in the NYC area for more than a decade. She joined PIX11 News in 2022. See more of her work here.
