Scary moment when a man opens fire at a NYC restaurant and shoots a 35-year-old employee in the buttocks
Terrifying moment when a man opens fire at a NYC restaurant and shoots a 35-year-old employee in the buttocks as customers, including children, run for cover
- Police said the attack on Boishakhi Restaurant in Queens targeted Saturday afternoon and the man who was shot, aged 35, knew the suspect
- Terrified customers, including children, ran to the door as the bullets pierced the glass and the gunman ran behind the counter to shoot the clerk twice
Terrifying surveillance footage showed the moment a man ran into a New York City restaurant and shot a worker in the buttocks.
Customers, including families with children, were evacuated from Boishakhi Restaurant in Astoria, Queens, after the suspect suddenly opened fire.
The gunman, dressed in a red hoodie and black mask, began attacking the eatery at 29-14 36th Avenue just after 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
The New York City Police Department said the attack was targeted and that the man who was shot, age 35, knew the suspect. He was not trying to rob the establishment, they confirmed.
Terrified customers ran to the door as the bullets pierced the glass and the gunman ran behind the counter to shoot the clerk twice.
A suspect shot a worker in the buttocks at a restaurant in Queens, New York, on Saturday
Police said the attack was targeted and the man shot, aged 35, knew the suspect. He was not trying to rob the establishment
The victim, who works at the NYC restaurant, was transported to the hospital. He is in a stable condition
The victim was hit in the thigh, near his buttocks, and was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital.
The footage shows the gunman attacking the worker as families fell to the ground for cover.
Two adults flee down the steps of the Bangladeshi restaurant huddled around their young child as the bullets rain down.
An employee told ABC7, “My body is shaking. I hear the sounds, but didn’t know if it was a gunshot or something.’
Restaurant owner Abu Taher told CBS News, “On the first shot, he did that way. We had many customers in.
“Once he got around, he came here and fired and went behind my counter and did the third shot at one of my associates.
A police officer inspects the wounds of the man who was shot at Boishakhi Restaurant in Astoria, Queens
Glass was shattered at the eatery by bullets after a shooting at a Queens restaurant
‘He said nothing. He just came and shot and ran.
“I’m really scared of running a small business in New York City. It’s actually not safe. We’re not safe. Our lives are not safe.’
The suspect is believed to have fled on foot.
A man, Nelson Burgos, who was working nearby when the commotion erupted, said: ‘The man didn’t even know he was shot until we saw him bleeding and helped him from there.
‘He seemed calm. I kept him calm and I told him to wait for the ambulance, he will be fine. He wasn’t bleeding that crazy, so I think he’ll be fine.”
The victim is in stable condition.