NYPD tells bodega owners to have customers lower their masks, as police continue to search for gunman behind deadly robbery spree. HannahKliger reports.
Police believe the same man is behind a crime spree across three boroughs. Now, officials are urging New Yorkers to remove their face coverings to make employees feel safe.
Flowers lay on the sidewalk by the entrance to Daona Deli on East 81st Street. One sign on the door reads,"Closed for business," another says"3rd Avenue loves you." Jamie Ortiz works next door and knew the 67-year-old worker who was fatally shot Friday night. Police said a man in a hazmat suit walked in, pistol-whipped the employee, and then shot him.
"I've known him for about 10 years, and I work the night shift so I get to see him a lot, and I usually go there about the time the crime occurred," Ortiz said. Investigators have linked the suspect to at least three other robberies in Brooklyn and the Bronx. CBS2 spoke with a worker in Greenpoint who also encountered the masked assailant in his store last Wednesday.
"I give him the cigarettes, what he wants. I was just hoping that I don't get shot afterwards," said Nori Gashen.
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