A good Samaritan tried to intervene when four robbers stuck up his pal’s Upper West Side store early Monday — and ended up shot in the foot, cops said.
The 29-year-old do-gooder was inside the Lincoln Convenience smoke shop on Broadway near West 71st Street around 4:20 a.m., keeping his store-employee friend company because the shop had been recently robbed, authorities said.
Suddenly, four men, including at least one who was armed, barged in to rob the store, cops said.
When the victim intervened, one of the suspects shot him in the foot, police said.
The victim declined to comment through his father when a reporter visited his Brooklyn home later Monday. The wounded man was on crutches.
The victim’s brother, Dixon Emilio, said his sibling is in pain.
Police respond after a 29-year-old good Samaritan was shot at the Lincoln Convenience smoke shop. Robert Mecea
Police respond to the Lincoln Convenience smoke shop where a 29-year-old good Samaritan was shot early Monday. Robert Mecea“My brother really can’t move right now,” Emilio said as he delivered prescription painkillers to the victim. “A bullet went through his foot.”
The suspects got away with an undetermined amount of cash and CBD oil, cops said.
Emilio said his brother was worried because the men who shot him hadn’t been arrested.
A police officer stands outside the Lincoln Convenience smoke shop after the early Monday shooting. Robert Mecea“He knows that they’re on the loose,” Emilio said.
He said his brother went to be a nice guy and that all hell broke loose.
“His friend owns the smoke shop, so he pretty much went over there and checked on him,” he said. “And then the robbery took place.”
