65-year-old fights off armed men in Brooklyn failed robbery

Three suspects attempted to rob a 65-year-old man who was sitting in his vehicle, the NYPD said.

According to police, two unknown men approached the victim's driver’s side window and punched him several times in the face. One of them displayed a gun while the other tried to remove the victim’s chain from his neck, police said.

The men then demanded the victim exit his vehicle and hand over his car keys, but the victim was able to remove the gun from the man, causing them to flee into a nearby Jeep Cherokee with a third unknown man inside, police said. Their vehicle then crashed a short distance away, causing the three men to flee on foot southbound on Ralph Avenue. The victim sustained pain and swelling to his face.

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