NEW YORK – Authorities are searching for a couple who allegedly robbed an Uber driver at gunpoint after the victim asked one of them to wear a mask, police said.
According to the New York City Police, the incident occurred on March 6, around 8:30 p.m., when the Uber driver, a 26-year-old man, picked up a man and a woman on the corner of the street. seventh avenue and West 33rd Street en Manhattan.
At that time the driver had a small argument with the passengers because one of them, the man, allegedly did not have his mask on and for that reason the driver would have asked them to get out of the car a few blocks later, authorities said.
After the request, the passenger allegedly cut the plastic that divided them with a knife and then began to brandish a firearm before stealing the victim’s backpack that contained his wallet with credit cards. Fortunately no one was injured, police said.
The suspect is described as a dark-skinned man with a thin build and was last seen wearing a green hoodie, a black jacket, black pants, black sneakers and a blue mask. The woman was described as a dark-skinned woman.
If you have information, you can call the authorities confidentially at 1-888-57-PISTA.
– .
