Overview

• The suspect entered the Midwood post office at 1288 Coney Island Avenue around 1:13 p.m. Monday, held a customer at gunpoint, and fired four shots inside.
• No one was struck by the gunfire and the suspect fled north on a black moped wearing a helmet and carrying a red book bag.
• Minutes later the suspect attempted a second robbery at a Pay-O-Matic on Utica Avenue before crashing his moped and being taken into custody.
• Law enforcement recovered ballistics evidence from the post office for ongoing forensic analysis.
• The U.S. Postal Inspection Service and NYPD’s 63rd Precinct have launched a joint probe and postal officials are reviewing security protocols across city facilities.