QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) – A man was robbed after he was pulled into a car and attacked in Queens on Monday, according to the NYPD.
The 33-year-old victim was walking near 37th Avenue and 84th Street when four people in a gray Nissan Sentra with New Jersey license plate L21NPR approached him, police said. Someone in the car pulled the man in, and a fight ensued, according to authorities.
The people in the car punched the victim multiple times in the head and body before stealing $340 from him, police said.
The victim was able to get out of the car near 106th Avenue and Sutphin Boulevard, according to authorities.
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