Two men walked into a Bronx fast-food restaurant, one carrying a beverage, the other a shotgun.
They walked out shortly after with a cash register - and with yards of receipt paper unspooling behind them.
The sight of the white paper trail following their flight provided a bit of comedy in an otherwise frightening episode just before 11 p.m. Thursday at a Kennedy Fried Chicken on Creston Avenue.
In a video released by the police on Monday, the two men casually approach the counter. The one with the beverage, identified by the police as a 180-pound man in his 30s, continues taking sips as a lone customer seated at one of the small restaurant’s tables leaves in haste.
The armed man, in his 40s and described as heavy set, pumps the shotgun as he aims it at the employees, who remain mostly unseen behind a barrier displaying menu items.
Setting down his drink, the younger man then climbs onto the counter and tries to reach the register, which is partly protected by plastic.
The gunman appears to urge him to shimmy further, pushing him from behind. The man grasps the register, but as he attempts to raise it, it falls on the ground. Undeterred, he pulls it by the cord and raises it up
Heading for the door, the man gives the register a yank, dislodging the chord. But the roll of receipt paper appears caught, and as the men run through the door and onto the street, it trails behind them. The police said it contained about $500.
The police are asking that anyone with information call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477) or send tips to www.nypdcrimestoppers.com.
