Police are looking for the men who disguised themselves as utility workers to get inside a Queens home, then pulled out a gun on a man once they got inside.
The men allegedly knocked on a door on Park Crescent in College Point on Thursday afternoon and told the person who answered that they were Con Edison workers there to check on the home’s power meters, according to the NYPD.
The resident, who asked not to be identified, told NBC 4 New York that the two suspects were wearing Con Edison uniforms and had what appeared to be a meter reader. He said he let the men in and led them down to where the power meters were.
""They check the meter with a con Edison scanner I'm thinking everything is normal," he said.
But then, he said both men pulled out guns and told him to open the door. He said his fiancee saw the men and started screaming, which startled the two gunmen.
The two gunmen then ran out of the home and took off in a dark Jeep, according to authorities. They didn't make off with anything.
The encounter left many on edge in the neighborhood, and several people called 911 when they saw NBC 4 crews knocking on doors in the area.
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Representatives for Con Edison said they weren't sure how the gunmen got a hold of equipment for the utility. They urged residents to check for company badges before letting anyone claiming to be a utility worker in their home.
Anyone with information on the men should call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
