“They pointed a gun at her head and said, ‘Open the safe! Open the safe!’ But my mom didn’t know. She was totally terrified,” Diamond Direct shop owner Eva Chen, 43, told The Post of th…
pushed their way into a Queens jewelry store – past an elderly woman desperately trying to keep them out — during a half-million-dollar heist this week.
The man then hid on a nearby flight of stairs with an accomplice, waiting for the unsuspecting senior to come out to retrieve it, according to Chen — who described her family as being “close friends” with Mayor Eric Adams.“She waited 3 to 4 minutes — she thought the guy left already. So she opened the door to pick up the parcel, but the guy ran into her right away and then screamed to another guy hiding downstairs to come up.
The suspects were hiding on a nearby staircase before they rushed to door to the jewelry shop and attacked a defenseless 79-year-old woman. His masked partner — with a reusable shopping bag in one hand — whips a gun out from his waistband as the elderly woman raises her hand over her head in self-defense.
To make matters worse, Lin – who only visits twice a year – arrived in Queens hours before the violent robbery and was still jet lagged Thursday, her daughter said.The female caller asked what time the store opened and informed her there was a two-package delivery. Chen didn’t realize that anything was fishy until after the heist that left her mother shaken.
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