Gunman Threatens Vape Store Employee in the Bronx

‘Wake Up & Live’ Gunman Threatens Worker with Gun

Cops are searching for this man in connection with an incident in which a vape store employee was threatened with a gun in the Bronx.

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice

January 9, 2023

BRONX - The only thing louder than a place called Noise in the Bronx is the suspected gunman’s clothing. Cops say a man wearing very distinctive clothing threatened a vape store employee with a gun during a budding dispute inside the vape store. 

At around 9:40 am, a man dressed in a jacket filled with writing including the phrase "Wake Up & Live" and bright colored pants walked into Noise NYC, a vape store in Mott Haven. Cops say the suspect got into an arguement with a 30-year-old male store employee. As the dispute got heated, the suspect pulled out a gun and armed it at the employee. It is unknown at this time what the deadly arguement was about but the entire drama played on the store’s numerous cameras. 

The gunman ran out of the store without firing a shot and no one was injured.  

The gunman is described as a man in his 40s with a dark complexion. He is six feet tall and weighs 200 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black jacket with the letters "Wake Up & Live" on the back and lettering all around, blue hoodie sweater, multi-color jeans, white and gray sneakers and black and gray baseball hat.

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. 

All calls are strictly confidential.