A worker at a Hell’s Kitchen smoke shop was shot when he booted a rowdy crew out of his store early Wednesday, authorities said.
The employee was inside the Smoke City shop on Ninth Avenue near West 49th Street around midnight when a group of disorderly men entered, cops said.
He kicked the group out of the store, concerned that they might steal something, police said.
The 32-year-old worker at Smoke City was shot in the leg outside the shop on Ninth Avenue near West 49th Street. Citizen App
The victim was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Citizen AppThat sparked a fight outside the store – that ended with one of the rowdy bunch shooting the worker in the leg, cops said.
He was taken to Bellevue Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, cops said.
The crew then took off — at least one of them on a scooter, police sources said.
The Smoke City worker believed the rowdy crew would rob the store, cops said. Google MapsNo arrests have been made.
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