Surveillance video captured the moment a masked gunman raised his gun at a Burger King in New York City, where he shot and killed a teenage cashier early on Sunday.
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) released the video, which shows the thief pointing his gun at employees behind the counter at the East Harlem fast food restaurant.
Dressed in black, the masked killer pistol-whipped another male client, punched a manager and fled with $ 100 after shooting 19-year-old Kristal Bayron-Nieves, according to the New York Post .
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Bayron-Nieves was pronounced dead at the Metropolitan Hospital, where she was taken after being shot in the chest, police said.
Bayron-Nieves had been a cashier at the Burger King for only three weeks and had already applied for a day job because she was afraid of working nights, according to her family.
A New York City police car is pictured, amid the coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19), in the Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, United States on November 1, 2021. ( REUTERS / Carlo Allegri)
Her mother, Kristie Nieves, told the New York Post in Spanish through a translator that the girl feared for her safety because she was young and “she has over 50 homeless people sleeping outside the store” .
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Nieves said she felt guilty because she encouraged her daughter to go to work that day even though she was scared.
“She didn’t deserve to be broke while working at a Burger King,” said a law enforcement source who spoke to the New York Post.
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Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of $ 3,500 for information leading to the suspect’s arrest.
Homicides have increased in New York in recent years. There were 318 murders in 2013, but that number rose to 437 last year and there were 479 murders in 2021 as of December 26, according to NYPD data.
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The rising homicide rate in New York City reflects a nationwide trend, as several major U.S. cities set murder records in 2021.
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