A gunman accosted a man carrying a duffel bag containing nearly $150,000 in broad daylight Friday next to a New York City Starbucks coffee shop, leaving his victim empty-handed and bloodied, WNBC.com reported.Gee, that would have bought grand lattes for at least a third of the people in the place.
Seton Ijams, 50, had just withdrawn the money from a Chase Bank when the assailant approached him from behind, pistol-whipped him in the head and dragged him on the sidewalk as he clung to the bag, police said.
Police said the robber is between 25 and 30, was dressed in a black parka and black pants and is about 5 feet 9 inches tall, WNBC.com reported. Limousine driver Zafer Incekara, who witnessed the fight, said the gunman fired one shot at the victim before fleeing, but the bullet hit no one.
Is there any place left in NYC that is NOT next to a Starbuck's? Not as bad as Vancouver though. I read the other day that an explosion there had destroyed a Starbucks. I figured it must not have been a very big boom if it only wrecked one Starbucks.