GRAMERCY PARK, Manhattan — Police released surveillance video Monday in hopes the public could help identify two men accused of attacking and robbing a food-delivery worker over the weekend in Manhattan.
The NYPD said it happened as the 21-year-old delivery man was parking his electric bike in front of a Taco Bell on First Avenue, near East 19th Street in the Gramercy Park area, just after 8 p.m. Sunday.
The two unidentified men are seen in the video riding up on another e-bike before hopping off and demanding the victim’s property, police said.
Two sought after delivery man attacked in e-bike robbery outside Manhattan Taco Bell on Sunday night, police say
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The two men started punching the victim in the head and body before snatching his delivery bike and fleeing in an unknown direction, authorities said.
Officials said EMS took the man to a local hospital for treatment. The extent of his injuries was not clear.
According to police, the man’s electric bike, which he needed to do his job, had an estimated value of $2,300.
The NYPD released the above surveillance footage of the incident and described the two violent thieves as men between 20 and 30 years old.
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