Amazon Driver Robbed At Gunpoint In New Haven: Police
NEW HAVEN, CT — An Amazon delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday in the area of Whitney Avenue and Liden Street in New Haven, according to police.
The incident occurred at about 1 p.m.; what items were stolen were not disclosed.
New Haven Police Sgt. Cherelle Carr told Patch in an email that the driver was unloading the truck when four suspects approached him, and demanded that he get back into the vehicle.
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“Two out of four of the suspects had firearms, one of the suspects [pointed] the firearm at the amazon driver, another brandished a firearm,” Carr wrote. “The amazon driver did not suffer any physical injuries.”
The suspects fled the scene in a vehicle, but police are withholding the description of the vehicle due to the active nature of the investigation.
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Police also did not release a description of the suspects, who, as of Thursday, remain at-large.
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