Jewel Thieves Make Off with $15 Grand, Shoot Employee

Jewelry Store Robbed, Worker Shot

The NYPD is searching for four men who robbed a jewelry store in Corona and shot one of the store's employees. -Photo by NYPD


By Dan Gesslein 

Queens Voice 

December 21, 2023 


QUEENS - A quartet of moped riding jewel thieves shot a worker in Corona and made off with $15,000 worth of jewelry, the NYPD said. 


At around 6:30 pm on December 12, three men entered a jewelry store on Junction Boulevard in Corona, Queens. A fourth man stood outside the store acting as a lookout. Cops said the three men pulled out handguns and demanded jewelry. 


One of the gunmen fired his weapon hitting a 59-year-old employee in the thigh and grazing him in the head, cops said. 


The crooks scooped up $15,000 worth of jewelry and fled on mopeds, cops said.


The victim was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital where he is listed in stable condition. 


Anyone with information in regard to 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 CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls are strictly confidential.




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