Manhattan mugger shoots victim, wounds accomplice in chain snatch clash
A Manhattan mugger trying to snatch a man’s chain early Sunday shot the victim for putting up a fight — and accidentally blasted his own accomplice, police said.
The pair of crooks confronted the 35-year-old victim as he emerged from a building near 12th Ave. and 50th St. in Hell’s Kitchen about 4:30 a.m., cops said.
When the victim resisted, one of the bandits shot him in the arm. At some point, the gunman’s 21-year-old accomplice got in the line of fire and was struck in the back and hip, police said.
The wounded crook and his accomplice escaped in a white Honda Accord, where a getaway driver was waiting for them, cops said.
They brought their wounded cohort to NYU Langone Health, where he was listed in stable condition. Charges against him are pending and police have not yet released his name.
Cops are hunting for the other crook and the getaway driver.
Medics took the robbery victim to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, police said. Cops are trying to determine whether he knows his attackers.
On Sunday afternoon, a small trail of blood could be followed from the sidewalk at the crime scene corner to the front entrance of a nightclub at the intersection.
The dotting of blood continued from the sidewalk to the street, where there was shattered glass from broken bottles.
The NYPD’s Midtown North Precinct, where the shooting took place, is dealing with a surge of robberies this year, with 61 incidents through April 21, compared with 38 in the same time frame last year, a more than 60% spike.
With Rebecca White
