<a href="/topics//Nassau_County,_NY">Nassau</a> police are asking the public to help catch two men who used a pellet gun to rob a gas station attendant in <a href="/topics//Hempstead,_NY">Hempstead</a> this morning. 
 The two men walked into Star Gas Station at 699 Fulton Ave. at about 5 a.m. and demanded money from the 38-year-old attendant, police said. 
 "One subject was armed with a pellet gun and shot the victim in both legs," police said in a news release. 
 The victim, whom police did not name, was taken to a hospital and treated for injuries police described as not life-threatening. 
 The robbers escaped with an undetermined amount of cash, police said. 
 Police are asking anyone with information regarding the robbery to call Crime Stoppers at 800-244-TIPS. All calls will remain anonymous.

Nassau police are asking the public to help catch two men who used a pellet gun to rob a gas station attendant in Hempstead this morning. The two men walked into Star Gas Station at 699 Fulton Ave. at about 5 a.m. and demanded money from the 38-year-old attendant, police said. "One subject was armed with a pellet gun and shot the victim in both legs," police said in a news release. The victim, whom police did not name, was taken to a hospital and treated for injuries police described as not life-threatening. The robbers escaped with an undetermined amount of cash, police said. Police are asking anyone with information regarding the robbery to call Crime Stoppers at 800-244-TIPS. All calls will remain anonymous.

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