Arrogant bandits beat an elderly man with a gun and stole money during a robbery of a barbershop in New York: police

Police are trying to apprehend two brazen thugs who beat an elderly man with a gun this week and made off with $200 in cash and cell phones, authorities said.

The horrific episode took place Monday at 10:45 a.m. when two men entered the Bayacan barbershop on Post Avenue, near West 207th Street in Inwood, displayed firearms and announced assault, police said.

Police said the victim, who suffered a head cut, was taken to Columbia University Presbyterian Medical Center in a stable condition.

The robbers hit the 71-year-old man in the head with a pistol, took $200 and several mobile phones, and then drove away in a gray Ford Fusion, police said.

The police are looking for two men from 20 to 30 years of average build.

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The NYPD released surveillance photos of the suspects on Saturday. One of them was last seen wearing a union vest, a black hoodie, black trousers, black sneakers, a black mask and a gray knitted hat. His accomplice was last seen wearing a black jacket, blue jeans, black sneakers, and a black Los Angeles Dodgers baseball cap.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the NYPD Crime Squad Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).