The 73-year-old man was almost home when three strangers stopped him near Westchester and Metcalf Avenues in the Bronx’s Soundview neighborhood. It was around 4:20 a.m. on a Sunday. They wanted his money, police said.
He refused. The three followed him anyway as he hurried to his house, and he got inside and locked the door. They pounded on it. When he did not open up, they tore the Ring security camera off the outside wall and ran, the NYPD said.
The man was not robbed of cash. The camera was the only thing they got away with.
The suspects
Detectives released still images of the three, who have not been identified. The photos show a woman with tattoos in a white shirt, a tattooed man in a baseball cap and a man in a camouflage T-shirt. NYPD Crime Stoppers posted the pictures on Facebook on Monday night and asked anyone who recognizes them, or who recorded video in the area, to contact investigators.
Tips can go to the Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, to @NYPDTips on X, or by phone at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
Sources
- Bronx Robbery: 73‑Year‑Old Followed Home, Ring Camera Stolen
- 3 goons try to rob elderly man outside NYC home: cops
