The alleged Upper East Side robber accused of shooting a bodega worker dead and committing other stickups across the city has been apprehended, according to sources.
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The alleged gunman’s apparent crime spree came to a head late in the evening on March 3, when cops say he shot and killed 67-year-old Sueng Choi, who was working as a cashier at Daona Gourmet Deli in the vicinity of East 81st Street and Third Avenue. Soon thereafter, the suspect reportedly also held-up a Bronx deli about 30 minutes later. NYPD sources confirmed that at 12:03 a.m., a man in a hazmat suit entered a deli at 851 Melrose Place and removed cash from the register at gunpoint. No injuries were reported in that robbery.“I didn’t even put on clothes,” a neighbor named Arthur said, revealing that the cashier had only just returned to work. “He just had back surgery two months ago and was not working these long night shifts.
The NYPD is scheduled to release further details during a press conference at 4 p.m. at police headquarters.
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