Suspect arrested in shooting of tourist in Manhattan; attacker allegedly asked for $1 first

The gunman who shot a Danish tourist in a botched mugging is behind bars, police said Tuesday.

Narada Hayles, 36, was arrested Monday and charged with attempted murder, assault, gun possession, reckless endangerment and attempted robbery. He was ordered held without bail at his arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday night.

After following his victim for several minutes around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, Hayles confronted him on West End Ave. near W. 103rd St. on the Upper West Side and asked him for just $1, according to cops and court documents.

The 31-year-old victim, who had just left a party and was headed back to his hostel, ignored the request and kept walking, authorities said.

Hayles allegedly shot the man in the back at close range as he walked away, and then ran off himself. Surveillance footage showed Hayles returned home 15 minutes later, then roaming the streets armed with the pistol he used for the shooting for about 36 hours, according to court documents.

The bullet penetrated the unsuspecting victim’s spleen and lodged near his pelvis. Doctors had to remove part of his colon in their efforts to save his life, court records showed.

The tourist was rushed to Mount Sinai Morningside hospital in stable condition. He was expected to recover.

Hayles was arrested at his home, a community residence for people with mental illness just a few blocks from the crime scene, according to court records. Cops said they recovered an unloaded .380 caliber pistol in his pocket, matching the caliber of the shell casing found on scene.

When interviewed by detectives, Hayles denied the shooting itself, but admitted to possessing the gun and identified himself in several video stills where he is wearing the clothing from the shooting.

Hayles had a pending grand larceny case in Queens for swiping a phone from a sleeping passenger on a J train, authorities said.

He was caught in that case when the victim used a train conductor’s phone to call himself, according to the criminal complaint.

Hayles has other arrests on his record, including another one for grand larceny, plus petty larceny and theft of service, police said.

He was set to return to court Sept. 23. and faces up to 25 years in state prison if convicted, prosecutors said.