A mugger was caught on surveillance video pulling a gun on teen in Brooklyn Tuesday morning and demanding his coat. But the gutsy kid fought back, and the mugger left with nothing. (Image source: Twitter video screenshot)
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A teenager was heading down a sidewalk in the Brooklyn section of Bensonhurst Tuesday morning when surveillance video caught a mugger running up to the kid from behind, pulling a gun and demanding his coat, police told the New York Daily News.
Image source: Twitter video screenshot
But the 16-year-old victim decided not to become one.
Instead the kid is seen reaching for the mugger's gun —
Image source: Twitter video screenshot
— and then seemingly lands a punch upon the surprised assailant's head.
Image source: Twitter video screenshot
The pair are seen tangling for several seconds on the snowy sidewalk along 61st Street near 18th Avenue, the paper said.
Image source: Twitter video screenshot
The mugger then falls to the ground and pulls down the teen down as well before pistol-whipping the boy several times before running off, the Daily News said.
Image source: Twitter video screenshot
The teen suffered cuts to his face and head, police told the paper. The mugger got nothing — but cops got a pretty decent image of him on the run.
Image source: Twitter video screenshot
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