Queens Robbers Fired Gun, Stole Jewelry: NYPD

Police are looking for three robbers they say hit a jewelry store in Queens earlier this month, stealing several items and firing a gun at the floor.

The men robbed the store on Queens Boulevard in Rego Park at about 1 p.m. Sept. 5, according to the NYPD.

Surveillance video from the store shows the men standing in front of a jewelry counter with bags in hand. One of the men is then seen pulling a handgun and pointing it at a clerk off-camera.

Then, the man with the gun jumps over a jewelry case, and the other two suspects are seen trying to open a gate to get behind the counter.

Police say that one of the suspects fired one shot during the robbery. The men stole several pieces of jewelry and then left the scene in a gray BMW X3 SUV.

No one was injured in the heist.

Police say that one of the three suspects has also been linked to an attempted robbery at a jewelry store on Myrtle Avenue in Glendale on Aug. 16.

In that robbery, police say a suspect hit a 64-year-old man in the head with the butt of a gun and then left without stealing anything.

The victim in that robbery did not go to the hospital.

Anyone with information about the suspects is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.

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