Police seek suspects in Roosevelt beating
Two men armed with handguns beat and robbed another man in Roosevelt early Monday, Nassau County police said.
The victim was walking west on East Clinton Avenue at about 5:30 a.m. when two men approached him, police said.
The first man, armed with a silver semiautomatic handgun, pointed it at the victim's face as both attackers pushed him to the ground. The second man had a black handgun, also a semiautomatic, police said.
Both men began hitting the victim about the head and face.
The men took a cellphone, an unspecified amount of cash and a blue knapsack with personal papers before fleeing on foot toward Nassau Road.
The victim was treated and released from a nearby hospital for minor injuries, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-244-8477. All calls will be kept confidential.
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