Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills and Transit District 20 are looking for an armed robbery suspect who targeted a teenager at the Union Turnpike- Kew Gardens subway station on the night of Wednesday, Oct. 29.

The 17-year-old boy’s harrowing ordeal began at around 7:30 p.m. when the victim approached a stranger waiting on the northbound E train platform and asked him for directions. The suspect demanded money, and when the teenager refused, the stranger pulled out a handgun from his waistband and instructed the victim to go to the bank and withdraw cash, police said Tuesday.

The gunman followed the victim to the Chase Bank located at 118-30 Queens Blvd., near the subway station, and, after the teenager withdrew funds, the suspect took approximately $140 in cash and fled

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