Video shows moment armed robbers pulled out guns at Manhattan jewelry store: Police
08/27/2019 4:00 am PDT
via WPIX:
NEW YORK CITY -- (WPIX) -- Video released Monday shows the moment armed robbers pulled out their weapons during a Manhattan jewelry store heist in which the thieves allegedly made off with more than $4 million in jewels.
The robbery took place at Avianne & Co Jewelers on West 47th Street between Sixth and Fifth avenues Sunday just after noon, police said.
Three armed robbers posed as customers in order to pull off the daytime heist, according to police.
Newly released surveillance footage, seen in the video above, shows a man sitting and acting casually as he talked to an employee, before pulling a gun out from underneath a table.