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Pizza guy fights robbers, makes delivery

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NEW YORK, April 6 (UPI) -- A New York teen who got the better of two robbers said he finished his pizza delivery after handing a suspect over to police.

Assami Semde, 19, said he was on the 25th floor at Taino Towers in the city's Harlem neighborhood while delivering for the Famous Famiglia pizza parlor Friday when he was confronted by two teenagers wearing hoodies and bandannas, the New York Post reported Tuesday.

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Semde said one of the robbers "put a gun to my head and said, 'Give me the pizza.'"

The delivery worker said he set the pizzas down and waited for the armed robber to pick them up.

"I punched him and pushed him against the elevator," Semde said.

He said the gunman ran off, but he was able to hold the second teenager, Albert Alvarez, 19, until police arrived.

Semde said he delivered his pizzas after handing Alvarez over.

Police said Alvarez was charged with attempted robbery. Investigators are searching for the second suspect.

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