Group beat boy, 13, with belt on Brooklyn street: NYPD

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) ---- Three robbers beat a 13-year-old boy with a belt and stole his sneakers on a Brooklyn street Friday, police said.

Two men and a woman attacked the teen near 17th Street and Fourth Avenue at around 3:15 p.m., according to the NYPD. The suspects repeatedly hit the boy with a belt before stealing his sneakers, police said.

The trio then ran into the train station at Prospect Avenue and got on the northbound R train, police said. There have been no arrests.

The boy refused medical attention.

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).

Mira Wassef is a digital reporter who has covered news and sports in the New York City area for more than a decade. She joined PIX11 News in 2022. See more of her work here.

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