UPDATE: Teen Arrested For Gunpoint Robbery Caught On Video In Newark, Second Suspect Still At Large

NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy who they say is one of two people who robbed a woman at gunpoint in Newark's Ironbound section.

Surveillance video from 6:46 a.m. on Sunday outside Lisbon Wine and Liquor store on Ferry Street captured the woman walking alone with an umbrella and her purse.

Two suspects point guns at a woman during a robbery in the Ironbound section of Newark on May 12, 2019. (credit: Lisbon Wine & Liquors)

She is suddenly attacked after two men popped out of a black Honda sedan and point guns in her face, grab her neck, steal her purse and then hit her in the head with a pistol.

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The teen has been charged as a juvenile with robbery and assault.

Investigators say they recovered one of the guns used in the crime. The victim was injured in the ambush, but was treated at a local hospital and later released.

The second suspect is still on the loose.

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