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Armed 24-Year-Old Tries to Rob NYC Bar and Handful of Patrons. Unfortunately for Him, One Customer Turns Out to Be a 69-Year-Old Retired NYC Cop.
June 13, 2016
Police said the perp also tried to rob the three night-owl patrons still remaining at the pub.
It was beyond late at the Parkside Pub in Queens, New York — just minutes before 4 a.m. Monday — when a 24-year-old walked into the neighborhood bar, pulled out a semi-automatic handgun and demanded cash from the register.
Police said the perp also tried to rob the three night-owl patrons still remaining at the pub, the New York Daily News reported.
But one of the customers turned out to be a 69-year-old ex-New York City cop who pulled out his own handgun and shot the suspect in the head, police told the paper.
WABC-TV said the ex-officer fired one shot and the would-be robber died at the scene.
Police said the former officer served seven years in upper Manhattan before he retired in 1975 with three-quarters disability pension, the Daily News said.
Neither the ex-cop or the would-be robber have been identified, the paper noted. Detectives were interviewing the former officer, WABC reported.
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Dave Urbanski is a senior editor for Blaze News.
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Dave Urbanski is a senior editor for Blaze News and has been writing for Blaze News since 2013. He has also been a newspaper reporter, a magazine editor, and a book editor. He resides in New Jersey. You can reach him at durbanski@blazemedia.com.
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