NEW YORK – An 80-year-old man on his way home was cornered in his building’s elevator by a suspect who robbed him at the point of a knife, police said.
The robbery occurred on Thursday afternoon shortly after 2 p.m. in the East Village. Police say it started when the suspect asked the victim for a cigarette.
The suspect then followed the elderly man into the building’s lobby and elevator, where he cornered the victim while sitting in his walker.
Police say it was then that the suspect pulled out a box cutter and demanded money. Surveillance video in the elevator captured the entire robbery, even as the suspect grabs the victim’s wallet and takes out $ 60.
Police say the suspect was last seen wearing a dark red Under Armor cap, black jacket, red sweatshirt, red sweatpants and red Nike sneakers.
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