Three people robbed a Manhattan Pok\u00e9mon store Wednesday, pointing a pistol in the faces of customers and using a hammer to break display cases, according to New York City police and security video of the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No one was hurt in the robbery at Pok\u00e9 Court on 13th Street around 6:48 p.m., the NYPD said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Security video shows the robbers wearing all black and one using a hammer to smash open a display case as customers and employees are in the store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the robbers points a handgun at the faces of customers, some of whom put their hands up, the video shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NYPD did not say in its statement how much was taken in the robbery. Store owner Courtney Chin told NBC New York that around $100,000 in merchandise was stolen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Employees told police that three people entered the store and displayed firearms and that they stole merchandise and money, as well as the cellphone of a woman who was working there, the NYPD said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No one has been arrested, police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In California, robbers have recently ransacked card stores and stolen items that included Pok\u00e9mon cards, police there said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Dec. 2, thieves broke into LA Sports Cards in Burbank, in the Los Angeles area, and stole around $100,000 in merchandise, including Pok\u00e9mon cards, Burbank police said. Four people were arrested in connection with the burglary, police said last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And this month in West Los Angeles, a group of robbers held up a customer who was leaving a card store and stole his Pok\u00e9mon collection valued at around $300,000, NBC Los Angeles reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n