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Pizza Shop Beat Down for Sneakers

Group Beats Teen for his Clothes
Cops are looking for three people in connection with a beating and robbery of a teen in Bedford Park. -Photo by NYPD

Cops are looking for three people in connection with a beating and robbery of a teen in Bedford Park. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice

November 15, 2024


BRONX - A trio of robbers viciously beat a teen outside a Bedford Park pizza shop, cops said.


At around 12:30 am on November 12, a 16-year-old male was walking outside a pizza shop at 3399 Jerome Avenue. Three people walked up to the teen.


One of the group punched the teen in the face causing him to fall to the sidewalk. Then all three attackers began repeatedly kicking the victim cowering on the ground. Then the attackers pulled the sneakers off the victim and fled on foot.


The NYPD released surveillance video of two of the alleged attackers. The first suspect is described as a male with a medium build. He was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, dark vest, black sweatpants with white stripes and white sneakers.


The second suspect was last seen was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with gray sweatpants and white sneakers.


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.
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Location: 3399 Jerome Ave, Bronx, NY 10467, USA

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