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A man held up two Manhattan stores in broad daylight this week – in one case displaying a gun and shoving a worker to the ground, cops said. 

The suspect first targeted Savvy New York, a handbag wholesale store, on West 29th Street near Sixth Avenue in Chelsea around 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, police said. 

He walked up to the counter and brandished a handgun before he shoved a 29-year-old female worker to the ground, demanding money, authorities said. 

He then opened the counter and grabbed $691 from the register, cops said. 

The suspect fled on foot, heading west on West 29th Street. 

Later that afternoon, the alleged culprit made a second stop at 7-Eleven on Eighth Avenue near West 37th Street in Midtown, cops said. 

There, he demanded money from the 25-year-old employee as he placed his hand in his pocket, simulating a handgun, police said. 


  Police say the suspect held up two Manhattan stores in broad daylight this week. NYPD Police say the suspect held up two Manhattan stores in broad daylight this week. NYPD

But the worker refused his orders and the suspect took off, fleeing empty-handed and heading north on Eighth Avenue. 

Police released surveillance footage of him early Thursday. 

He is described as in his 50s, 5-foot-6 and bald. He was last seen wearing a light-colored tank top, black sweatpants and black sneakers.

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