Tourist shot in back after refusing robber in NYC: cops
A vacationer from Denmark was shot within the again after refusing to show his property over to a gun-wielding robber on Manhattan’s Higher West facet Sunday morning, cops stated.
The robber approached the 31-year-old at West 103rd Avenue and West Finish Avenue round 3:30 a.m. and demanded that he flip over his cellular phone.
The sufferer, who was on his approach residence from a celebration, refused to conform and tried to stroll away.
“He simply saved strolling and the man shot him,” a police supply stated.
The vacationer, who was born in Argentina and is a resident of Denmark, suffered a gunshot wound to the again, cops stated. He was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital in steady situation.
There have been no speedy arrests, police stated.
Theft and different main crimes have elevated by about 40% within the metropolis just lately, NYPD knowledge present.
