NYPD searching for group in connection to 2 Manhattan robberies; Man, 76, was hit in head with wrench

The NYPD is requesting the public’s help in tracking down a group of people who are wanted for interrogation in relation to a series of violent robberies that have occurred in Manhattan.

According to police, a group of unidentified people allegedly approached a 76-year-old male victim in front of 164 East 105th St. on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at around 11:05 a.m.

According to the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information, the suspects allegedly used a metal wrench to repeatedly strike the victim in the head and took his wallet before running away on foot west on East 105th Street.

According to authorities, the person was taken by emergency medical services to New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center in a stable but critical condition.

A group of unidentified individuals allegedly forced their way into an apartment in a residential building near East 106th Street and Second Avenue and showed a firearm to a 54-year-old male victim during a second incident, which police say happened about an hour later at 12:05 p.m.

The suspects allegedly took the victim’s wallet before driving off in a dark vehicle heading west on East 106th Street. There were no reported injuries.

The NYPD made surveillance photos of the people they were looking for public.

Call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, in Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) if you have any information on these incidents. Additionally, the public can provide tips by visiting X @NYPDTips or the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/.

Every call is kept completely private.

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