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Brooklyn teen tries to steal Air Jordans, loses arm in Craigslist robbery gone wrong: police (Video)
http://pix11.com/2016/02/12/brooklyn-teen-tries-to-steal-air-jordans-loses-arm-in-craigslist-robbery-gone-wrong-police/
CANARSIE, Brooklyn — A Brooklyn teenager lost his arm in a Craigslist robbery gone horrifically wrong in Brooklyn Friday afternoon, authorities said.
Police say the 17-year-old boy connected with a 39-year-old man known as "Phil" on Craigslist who was selling a pair of Air Jordan sneakers. They met about 1 p.m. near Avenue M and East 84th Street in Canarsie, where the teen got into the seller's SUV and pulled out a gun, police said. The teen stole the sneakers and then walked away.
The teen managed to make it only 100 yards or so when the driver made a U-turn, stepped on the gas and ran over the teenager, severing his arm, police told PIX11.
The teen, missing his arm, managed to jump on an MTA bus, where he demanded a MetroCard. Just then, the victim yanked the teenager off the bus and told the driver he'd robbed him. Then the teen escaped his clutches again and ran home, where he collapsed, police said.
An ambulance took the boy — and his severed arm — to a nearby hospital. The teen is in serious but stable condition. Doctors plan to try to reattach his arm.
The driver faces an attempted murder charge. His relatives said his actions were done in self-defense.
"He was just there to help support his family," Phil's cousin said. "What would you do if someone pulled a gun on you?"
Thief tries to stick up Brooklyn driver in Air Jordan sale scam, but victim hits robber with car, possibly causing him to lose arm — WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT (Photos - Video)
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/man-commits-robbery-brooklyn-struck-car-article-1.2529727
He's a little less armed and a lot less dangerous.
A 17-year-old gunman had part of his arm severed after he tried to steal a pair of Air Jordan sneakers from a would-be seller he met on Craigslist — and his enraged target slammed into him with an SUV.
The rendezvous — on E. 86th St. near Avenue M in Canarsie, Brooklyn — centered around a pair of $190 Jordan Retro 8 sneakers, officials said.
But when the man with the fancy kicks rolled up in a Honda Pilot around 12:30 p.m., the teen, identified as Zachary Sam, got in and whipped out a black handgun. Sam demanded the high-priced Jordans for free, cops said. As the teen stepped away from the SUV, the driver, identified by police as 39-year-old Philippe Pierre, pulled a U-turn and hit the gas.
The SUV charged forward, catching Sam under the wheels and dragging him several feet and pinning him against a metal fence, stunning video of the bizarre robbery gone bad shows.
Pierre was charged with attempted murder for slamming the robber with his car, sources said.
“If somebody puts a gun to your head, and you’re trying to get the cops to catch him, what would you do?” a relative of Pierre told ABC 7. “You’re telling me just let him go?”
The SUV sheared off Sam’s right arm just below the elbow, according to horrified witness Alex St. Fleur.
The shocking security video shows the teen entering and sitting in the SUV for a few moments before he gets out with a bag and appears to place something in his pocket.
Pierre pulls forward before making a U-turn. The SUV then barrels into Sam on the sidewalk — sending him tumbling under the wheels.
Amazingly, the teen jumps up after being hit, struggles with Pierre and other witnesses, and runs off with his sleeve flapping.
“It’s terrible,” St. Fleur, 56, said. St. Fleur was walking down Avenue M when the SUV hopped the sidewalk and slammed into a gate. The mangled teen was still under the vehicle.
When St. Fleur, an off-duty bus driver, and his son ran over, they saw the teen’s severed arm lying on the ground next to a gun and a shoebox.
“Everyone was yelling ‘Come back! Your arm! You’re going to bleed out!’ ” St. Fleur recalled.
But the now one-armed bandit trudged on. He managed to hobble onto a B103 bus idling nearby, sending stunned riders into a panic.
“Everyone (on the bus) was screaming because he didn’t have an arm,” St. Fleur said.
The bus driver refused to move until Sam got off, officials said. When he ultimately did, the teen ran a half a block to his home on 86th St.
“He ran home and collapsed,” a police source said.
Sam was rushed to Brookdale University Hospital, where he was in serious but stable condition.
Friday evening, doctors were trying to reattach his arm, which was found at the scene along with his gun.
Cops charged the teen with robbery and criminal possession of a weapon.
Brooklyn teen tries to steal Air Jordans, loses arm in Craigslist robbery gone wrong: police (Video)
http://pix11.com/2016/02/12/brooklyn-teen-tries-to-steal-air-jordans-loses-arm-in-craigslist-robbery-gone-wrong-police/
CANARSIE, Brooklyn — A Brooklyn teenager lost his arm in a Craigslist robbery gone horrifically wrong in Brooklyn Friday afternoon, authorities said.
Police say the 17-year-old boy connected with a 39-year-old man known as "Phil" on Craigslist who was selling a pair of Air Jordan sneakers. They met about 1 p.m. near Avenue M and East 84th Street in Canarsie, where the teen got into the seller's SUV and pulled out a gun, police said. The teen stole the sneakers and then walked away.
The teen managed to make it only 100 yards or so when the driver made a U-turn, stepped on the gas and ran over the teenager, severing his arm, police told PIX11.
The teen, missing his arm, managed to jump on an MTA bus, where he demanded a MetroCard. Just then, the victim yanked the teenager off the bus and told the driver he'd robbed him. Then the teen escaped his clutches again and ran home, where he collapsed, police said.
An ambulance took the boy — and his severed arm — to a nearby hospital. The teen is in serious but stable condition. Doctors plan to try to reattach his arm.
The driver faces an attempted murder charge. His relatives said his actions were done in self-defense.
"He was just there to help support his family," Phil's cousin said. "What would you do if someone pulled a gun on you?"
Thief tries to stick up Brooklyn driver in Air Jordan sale scam, but victim hits robber with car, possibly causing him to lose arm — WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT (Photos - Video)
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/man-commits-robbery-brooklyn-struck-car-article-1.2529727
He's a little less armed and a lot less dangerous.
A 17-year-old gunman had part of his arm severed after he tried to steal a pair of Air Jordan sneakers from a would-be seller he met on Craigslist — and his enraged target slammed into him with an SUV.
The rendezvous — on E. 86th St. near Avenue M in Canarsie, Brooklyn — centered around a pair of $190 Jordan Retro 8 sneakers, officials said.
But when the man with the fancy kicks rolled up in a Honda Pilot around 12:30 p.m., the teen, identified as Zachary Sam, got in and whipped out a black handgun. Sam demanded the high-priced Jordans for free, cops said. As the teen stepped away from the SUV, the driver, identified by police as 39-year-old Philippe Pierre, pulled a U-turn and hit the gas.
The SUV charged forward, catching Sam under the wheels and dragging him several feet and pinning him against a metal fence, stunning video of the bizarre robbery gone bad shows.
Pierre was charged with attempted murder for slamming the robber with his car, sources said.
“If somebody puts a gun to your head, and you’re trying to get the cops to catch him, what would you do?” a relative of Pierre told ABC 7. “You’re telling me just let him go?”
The SUV sheared off Sam’s right arm just below the elbow, according to horrified witness Alex St. Fleur.
The shocking security video shows the teen entering and sitting in the SUV for a few moments before he gets out with a bag and appears to place something in his pocket.
Pierre pulls forward before making a U-turn. The SUV then barrels into Sam on the sidewalk — sending him tumbling under the wheels.
Amazingly, the teen jumps up after being hit, struggles with Pierre and other witnesses, and runs off with his sleeve flapping.
“It’s terrible,” St. Fleur, 56, said. St. Fleur was walking down Avenue M when the SUV hopped the sidewalk and slammed into a gate. The mangled teen was still under the vehicle.
When St. Fleur, an off-duty bus driver, and his son ran over, they saw the teen’s severed arm lying on the ground next to a gun and a shoebox.
“Everyone was yelling ‘Come back! Your arm! You’re going to bleed out!’ ” St. Fleur recalled.
But the now one-armed bandit trudged on. He managed to hobble onto a B103 bus idling nearby, sending stunned riders into a panic.
“Everyone (on the bus) was screaming because he didn’t have an arm,” St. Fleur said.
The bus driver refused to move until Sam got off, officials said. When he ultimately did, the teen ran a half a block to his home on 86th St.
“He ran home and collapsed,” a police source said.
Sam was rushed to Brookdale University Hospital, where he was in serious but stable condition.
Friday evening, doctors were trying to reattach his arm, which was found at the scene along with his gun.
Cops charged the teen with robbery and criminal possession of a weapon.
