A wild car chase ended with an armed robbery in broad daylight Saturday on a quiet Upper East Side street a few blocks from Gracie Mansion, police and witnesses said.
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A black Mercedes sedan zoomed past a silver Toyota RAV4 driving against traffic down Second Ave. near E. 91st St. around 4:40 p.m., and ultimately slammed and spun the Toyota near E. 92nd St., police and witnesses said.
The Mercedes rammed into the Toyota a second time, forcing it to spin around and become cornered on the sidewalk.
The video shows a man with a blue mask covering his chin exit the Mercedes and then proceed to pound at the Toyota’s windshield with a gun.
Apparently having successfully pinned the Toyota, the video shows a passenger jump out of the passenger side of the Mercedes. A bystander can be heard in the video yelling, “he’s got a gun, he’s got a gun.”
This is when police say the armed assailant runs over to the Toyota and steals $20,000, before jumping back inside the Mercedes and driving off.
NYPD officials said the armed robbers ditched their ride a handful of blocks away. There were no reports of any injuries.