NYC Local News: Pink Mask Wearing Robber Hits Manhattan Sandwich Shop with Gunman Partner

VIDEO: Masked Gunmen Rob Sandwich Shop in Harlem

By Dan Gesslein 

Manhattan Voice 

November 19, 2025 

NYC LOCAL NEWS - A pair of robbers stuck up an upper Manhattan sandwich shop, cops said. The NYPD released new surveillance video of the pink mask wearing suspect in the hopes of finding the robbers. 

At around 7:30 pm on November 10, two men dressed in black hoodies and covid type surgical masks walked into the sandwich shop at 651 West 169 Street. One of the suspects wore a black mask, the other wore a pink mask with eyeglasses. 

Cops said the suspects walked up to the counter and approached the 44-year-old store employees. The man in black pulled out a handgun and demanded cash. 

The worker moved out of the way and the pair were seen on surveillance video riffling through the cash register drawer stuffing cash into their pockets. Cops said they made off with $579. The robbers were last seen running south on Fort Washington Avenue. The worker was not injured. 

The first suspect is described as a male with a medium complexion. At the time, he was wearing a black sweater, black pants, a face mask, glasses, and black sneakers.

The second suspect is described as a male with a dark complexion. He was last seen in a black sweater, black pants, a ski mask, and multicolored sneakers.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on X @NYPDTips.

 

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