A teen suspect targeted two youngsters in a pair of robberies days apart in Queens, authorities said.
The crook — believed to be about 15 or 16 — first struck around 4 p.m. on Valentine’s Day, demanding that a 13-year-old boy hand over his sweatshirt and some cash at 146th Street and 101st Avenue in Jamaica, authorities said.
The young suspect then simulated a gun inside his sweatshirt and threatened to shoot the younger boy, cops said.
He made off with the victim’s shirt and $14, authorities said.
The young teen was not hurt.
Then on Feb. 17, cops believe the same suspect approached a 12-year-old boy around 7 a.m. at South Road and Sutphin Boulevard, also in Jamaica, and asked to use his phone, police said.
The thief then flashed an unknown object that appeared to be a gun and demanded the phone, cops said.
Cops believe this suspect robbed two fellow teenagers in Queens days apart. NYPDThe victim complied, and the suspect ran off, heading north on Sutphin Boulevard.
The pre-teen did not report any injuries.
Cops released two surveillance images of the alleged robber Monday.
The suspect wore black pants and a blue surgical mask in both cases. He is seen with a black winter jacket in the image from the first crime. In the second, he wore a light-colored hoodie.
