Two rob, beat victim on Uniondale street, police say

Nassau detectives are investigating an armed robbery on a Uniondale street in which the victim was attacked Sunday by men who jumped out of a car, police said.

According to detectives, a man, 21, was walking north at about 5:34 p.m. on Amsterdam Avenue when four men in a gray Honda pulled up and two of them got out of the vehicle and displayed black handguns.

The men then hit the victim on the head and face several times until he fell to the ground, police said.

They then ripped a pair of headphones from the victim and got back into car before heading west on Jerusalem Avenue from Amsterdam Avenue, police said.

One man is described as short, with a thin build and wearing jeans and a dark jacket, while the second one is described as tall with a thin build.

The victim was taken by a Nassau police ambulance to a hospital to be treated for undisclosed injuries.

Police are investigating the possibility that this robbery could be tied to one in Freeport almost an hour later when a crew of men robbed a pedestrian as he was walking home from a bus stop.

That robbery occurred at around 6:55 p.m. when police said a gray sedan containing five men approached the 33-year-old victim near Independence Avenue and Lafayette Place.

Three of the men got out of the vehicle and one suspect, who police said was wearing a red and white sweater, pointed a gun at the victim. Police said the second suspect also had a handgun and the third suspect was armed with shotgun.

One of the men demanded "property" and money, and the victim complied before the suspects re-entered the vehicle, which then fled south on Lafayette Place. There were no reported injuries.

Detectives ask anyone with information on either robbery to call Crime Stoppers at 800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.