Chilling moment a man opens fire inside a New York restaurant and shoots a 35-year-old worker in the buttocks as customers – including children – run for cover
- Police say the attack at the Boishakhi restaurant in Queens on Saturday afternoon was targeted and the 35-year-old man who was shot knew the suspect.
- Terrified customers, including children, rushed out the door as bullets pierced the glass and the shooter ran behind the counter to shoot the employee twice.
Chilling surveillance footage showed the moment a man ran inside a New York restaurant and shot a worker in the buttocks.
Customers, including families with children, were sent on the run from the Boishakhi restaurant in Astoria, Queens, after the suspect suddenly opened fire.
The shooter, wearing a red hoodie and black face mask, began the rampage at the restaurant at 29-14 36th Avenue just after 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
New York police said the attack was targeted and the 35-year-old man who was shot knew the suspect. He was not trying to rob the establishment, they confirmed.
Terrified customers rushed for the door as bullets pierced the glass and the shooter ran behind the counter to shoot the employee twice.
A suspect shot a worker in the buttocks inside a restaurant in Queens, New York on Saturday
Police said the attack was targeted and the 35-year-old man who was shot knew the suspect. He wasn’t trying to rob the establishment
The victim, who worked at the NYC restaurant, was taken to hospital. He is in stable condition
The victim was hit in the thigh, near the buttocks, and was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital.
In the footage, the shooter is believed to be aiming at the worker as the families threw themselves to the ground for cover.
Two adults are seen fleeing down the stairs of the Bangladeshi restaurant while huddled around their young child as bullets rain down.
A worker told ABC7: ‘My body is shaking. I hear the noises, but I didn’t know if it was a gunshot or something.
Restaurant owner Abu Taher told CBS News: “At the first shot, he did this side. We had a lot of customers inside.
“Once he moved he came over here and shot and went behind my counter and did the third shot at one of my employees.
A police officer inspects the injuries of the man who was shot at the Boishakhi restaurant in Astoria, Queens
Glass was shattered in the restaurant by bullets following a shooting at a restaurant in Queens
‘He said nothing. He just came to shoot and ran away.
“I’m really scared to run a small business in New York. It’s not safe, actually. We’re not safe. Our life is not safe.
It is understood the suspect fled the scene on foot.
A man, Nelson Burgos, who was working nearby when the commotion started, said: ‘The guy didn’t even know he had been shot until we saw him bleeding and then at From there I helped him and called 911.
‘He looked calm. I kept him calm and just told him to wait for the ambulance, it’ll be fine. He wasn’t bleeding too much, so I think he’ll be fine.
The victim is in stable condition.
