According to witnesses, two men walked into the store, robbed it and pistol-whipped one man.
The shooting happened at the Essex Convenience Smoke Shop. One man reported being pistol-whipped. FOX 5's Christine Russo reports.Police are investigating a robbery at the Essex Convenience Smoke Shop in East Harlem.
Nieves said he was hanging out at his friends’ store on 116 street in East Harlem when two men walked in and tried robbing the place around 11:15p.m. The men, according to Nieves, pulled him out of the back room of the store, hit him in the head with the gun. The store manager said there’s a big misconception with convenience and smoke shops. He said they’re often targets for quick cash grabs, but in reality, they don’t hold onto that much money, and when night rolls around, that misconception can become dangerous.
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