A rideshare driver was carjacked at gunpoint by four masked goons after refusing to give them a ride in Lower Manhattan, cops and law enforcement sources said Tuesday.
The 51-year-old driver was on break at around 1:30 a.m. March 23 when the strangers approached his Toyota Highlander SUV on Second Avenue near East 3rd Street in the Bowery and asked for a lift, authorities and sources said.
When he declined, one member of the crew flashed a gun and forced the victim out of his car, police said.
They then took off in the SUV and drove it all the way to Newark, NJ, where it was recovered — but the carjacking quartet was nowhere to be found, cops said.
The car had TLC plates, but it was not immediately clear whether the victim worked for a specific rideshare agency, the sources said.
The driver did not report any injuries, police said.
Police released video of the masked suspects with the hoods of their black sweatshirts pulled up, one carrying a backpack, as they entered a bodega.
Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, or on X @NYPDTips.
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