Stills from the surveillance video.

87-Year-Old Woman Robbed at Gunpoint, by 5 Suspects

Police are seeking the public’s help by releasing surveillance video of a ‘push-in’ robbery which occurred in Crown Heights a month ago. An 87-year old woman opened the door of her Empire Boulevard apartment and 4 men and a woman pulled a gun and pushed their way into her apartment, tying her up and stealing cash and jewelry.

by ABC7

She’s 87 years old and police in Brooklyn looking for the five armed robbers who forced their way into her apartment, tied her up, and then ripped her off.

It happened in the Crown Heights section last month.

But police are now releasing video of the suspects that could help put them in prison.

Detectives are looking for a pack of thieves, four men and one woman, who they say forced their way into an 87-year-old woman’s Crown Heights apartment and robbed her.

The victim was too afraid to open the door Tuesday night.

Police say the suspects had a gun, they tied up their elderly victim, took jewelry and walked out of the building near Empire Boulevard and Kingston Avenue last month.

Her neighbors were disgusted watching the suspects creep out of the building.

“It could have happened to me. I live in this building. I know her very well,” a neighbor said.

“She just goes and comes. She doesn’t bother anybody. She speaks to everybody she sees,” another neighbor said.

The male suspects ranged in height from 5’7″ to 6’2″. The female suspect was 5’1″.

5 Comments

  • Citizen Berel

    We can’t shoot them and they aren’t afraid of jail; we have a problem.

    Party is over, it’s time to do Teshuva.

  • America!!!

    Let’s see: India, well, they cut the hands off the criminal….Other countries, heads off!!! They don’t have these problems.

  • Uncle Mendel

    Noch our ARFrican brothers and Sisters in action, doing what they do best.

  • declasse' intelelctual

    Now, that it is summer expect more of the same in the city.
    rule of thumb never open the door unless you know to whom you are talking
    Even if caputured, the judge will just slap their hand
    where were the police over a month passed and now information is just being released

  • Fed Up

    How could this happen? I thought that NYC was a gun-free city! Oh that’s right, gun control does not stop the criminals. Thank you gun control for keeping our city safe, laugh out loud!