WHERE CULTURE
COURIER L 22 IFE, SEPT. 20-26, 2019
COLD COCKED
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
Police are looking for the goon they
say randomly punched a guy on
Graham Avenue on Aug. 21.
The 34-year-old victim told police
that the brute struck him in
the back of the head near McKibbin
Street at 8:30 p.m.
Cops obtained surveillance footage
showing the man in a white Tshirt,
black pants, and black shoes.
Anyone who provides police with
information leading to an arrest can
expect up to a $2,500 reward through
the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers program.
The public can phone their tips
to (800) 577-8477, log into the Crime
Stoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.
com, tweet @NYPDTips,
or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES)
then enter TIP577.
All calls are strictly confidential.
WANTED: Police are looking for this man
who they say randomly punched a man on
Graham Avenue in Williamsburg on Aug. 21.
NYPD
Cut in the act!
A gunman attempted to rob a Park Slope smoke shop on Sunday, but a quick-thinking store
employee stabbed him in the stomach, according to police. Photo by Joanna Tallantire
BY AIDAN GRAHAM
A shopkeeper stabbed the pistolpacking
dufus who allegedly tried
to rob a Fifth Avenue smoke shop in
Park Slope on Sunday, according to
police.
The 18-year-old suspect, armed
with an imitation handgun, entered
the storefront between Carroll and
President streets before jumping
behind the counter and ordering
the employee to open the cash register
at around 12:20 p.m, cops said.
Once both men were behind the
store counter, the 25-year-old employee
grabbed a knife and stabbed
the suspect in the stomach, according
to police.
The bloodied, would-be robber
then ran out of the store emptyhanded,
before collapsing to the
pavement a block away, cops said.
First responders arrived on the
scene and took the suspect to Methodist
Hospital in Park Slopefor
treatment of non-life threatening
injuries, and arrested him on felony
charges of robbery, weapons possession,
and menacing, according to
police.
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