Boy, 12, gets robbed after refusing to trade jackets on train in the Bronx: NYPD

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SOUNDVIEW, The Bronx (PIX11) -- A child was robbed in the Bronx on Dec. 8, according to officials.

Around 12:30 p.m. a 12-year-old boy was on the southbound No. 6 train at the Morrison Avenue-Soundview Station in the Bronx. Police said an unknown man walked up to the boy and asked to trade jackets. The boy walked away and ignored the suspect, but when he sat on the train the man demanded the jacket as he threatened him verbally with a gun.

Police said the suspect never showed a gun and got off the train at the Whitlock Avenue Station leaving in an unknown direction.

Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Jonathan Rizk is a digital journalist who has covered local news in the New York City and Washington D.C. areas. He has been with PIX11 since August 2022. See more of his work here and follow him on Twitter.

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