Jason Polanco — the suspected gunman — was charged with five counts of attempted murder of a police officer, as well as robbery and carjacking, police said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon. A second suspect, Joshua Kemp, was charged with robbery, police said.

The chain of events started around 10:10 p.m. Monday, when two men – allegedly Kemp and Polanco – entered the Yemen Deli at 180th Street and Webster Avenue and announced a robbery, according to NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce.

As CBS2's Alice Gainer reported, surveillance video showed a man with a bag jumping the counter, while another man with a gun ordered two customers to the ground.

The store clerk took off, but the suspect caught up to him, dropped his knife, picked it back up, and dragged the clerk back around the corner ordering him to open the register, police said. Surveillance video showed the suspect dumping money into the duffel bag from the deli and lottery registers.

The suspects were wearing masks and distinctive clothing during the robbery, Boyce said. After the robbery, the suspects walked west on 180th Street and north on Tiebout Avenue, Boyce said.

Meanwhile, the five members of the 46th Precinct Anti-Crime Unit were preparing to end their day and go off duty, when they heard a call of a robbery from a patrol sergeant. The officers drove down 180th Street past the robbery scene, left on Webster Avenue, left on 184th Street, and left on Tiebout Avenue where they found the suspects, Boyce said.

At one point, the suspects noticed the officers, and one of them ducked into a nearby Chinese restaurant, Boyce said. The officers exited and approached the suspect identified as Kemp who remained in view, Boyce said.