NEW YORK, NY – A smoke shop worker in Brooklyn was assaulted by a hammer-wielding suspect and his accomplices as they were robbing the Hubble Bubble smoke shop on Avenue P.
According to police, on Thursday, at around 11:00 am, the suspects entered the business and took a hammer from behind the counter. They proceeded to threaten store employees with the hammer, demanding CBD products.
During their robbery, the suspects began attacking a 30-year-old male employee multiple times in the face and across his body.
The suspects took $140 in cash and $850 in CBD products before fleeing the business.
“Both individuals fled the location on a blue two-wheeled vehicle eastbound on Avenue P and then southbound on East 4th Street.,” police reported. “The 30-year-old male victim sustained pain and bruising and was removed by EMS to Coney Island Hospital in stable condition.”
At this time, no arrests have been made.
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 CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.