Man threatens subway rider with gun on Lower East Side
By FOX 5 NY Staff
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Man threatens subway rider with gun
The NYPD wants to find the man who threatened a subway rider with a gun on the Lower East Side.
NEW YORK - The NYPD is searching for the man who threatened a subway rider on the Lower East Side with a gun sending him running for safety.
Video of the suspect shows him pulling a gun from a white plastic bag that had been stuffed inside a backpack.
According to police, the suspect and the straphanger were having a conversation when it turned into an argument. That's when the suspect took out the gun. The 30-year-old man ran away.