NYPD Investigating Assault and Robbery on Hamilton Parkway

An NYPD logo is pictured on a wall above a makeshift memorial at the site where two police officers were shot in the head in the Brooklyn borough of New York

BROOKLYN, NY – The New York City Police Department is asking for public assistance to identify an individual connected to a robbery at Yi Min Kitchen, a business located in Brooklyn.

Yesterday morning, at approximately 6:35 a.m., a 67-year-old male employee was working at the establishment on 3821 Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brooklyn. An unknown male entered the location, demanded money, and assaulted the employee by punching him in the head. The assailant took cash from the register and fled northbound on Fort Hamilton Parkway.

The suspect is described as a male with a dark complexion, last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt.

For those with information about this incident, NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline can be reached at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Tips can also be submitted online at the Crime Stoppers website or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are confidential.

Kristen Harrison-Oneal
Kristen Oneal is a freelance reporter and stay-at-home mom with experience writing her local chamber of commerce's monthly newsletter. She covers Philadelphia news and occasionally dabbles in human interest stories for Shore News Network.

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