Man Robbed At Gunpoint On The Upper West Side, Police Say

Upper West Side NY

18 May, 2022

10:55 AM

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UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A robber with a gun walked into a building on the Upper West Side and demanded a man's bag and wallet, police said on Tuesday. The armed man entered a building near West 83rd Street and Columbus Avenue around 8:18 p.m. on May 5, drew a gun, and ordered the 55-year-old man to fork over his belongings, police said. The robber ended up grabbing two of the man's iPads and a credit card, before fleeing west on Columbus Avenue. It is unclear if this exchange happened within a home, a lobby or a commercial building. The NYPD released a photo Tuesday night of the man wanted in connection with the UWS robbery. Photo courtesy of NYPD Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).