A Brooklyn deli employee was punched by an irate customer who tried to stab him and opened fire inside the store over the weekend, cops said Thursday.
The suspect walked into Aden Deli and Grill on Rockaway Parkway near Smiths Lane in Canarsie minutes before 10 a.m. Saturday and argued with the 41-year-old worker over wait times for food, cops said.
The customer then punched the worker and tried to stab him with a knife before leaving the store, police said.
A short time later, he returned with a gun and fired two rounds into the store, cops said. No one was struck.
The worker refused medical attention at the scene, police said.
The suspect then took off in a black Mercedes Benz SUV, heading north on East 96th Street, cops said.
Police released surveillance video and photos of the suspect early Thursday.
The bald man, with a dark complexion, is believed to be between 50 and 60 years old.
He is shown wearing a white T-shirt with the words, “G-Star Originals,” as well as blue jeans and brown shoes.
The incident comes as similar violent acts have recently erupted in and near delis, bodegas, smoke shops and other small businesses in the Big Apple.
Hard-working Coney Island deli owner Jamal Sawaid was bashed with a metal pipe by four assailants who called him a racial slur, also on Saturday, police said.
Nelson Ortiz, 24, the owner of a nearby smoke shop, was shot dead at close range as he left the Midway Deli and Grill in Canarsie, where he bought a sandwich, in broad daylight on Monday, cops said.
A 32-year-old man was left in critical condition when a rival stabbed him outside a bodega on Boynton Avenue near Westchester Avenue in the Soundview section of the Bronx around 5 p.m. Sunday, authorities said.
Chala Jamison, 23, was arrested Monday for allegedly stabbing an Upper East Side juice bar worker, leaving him in critical condition – following an argument that erupted when she didn’t pay for her beverage last week, authorities said.
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