People in Harlem are calling for a smoke shop to be shut down after a gunman shot a man in the head inside the store over the weekend. Christinafantv reports.
It was a cold-blooded killing. Two men were having a conversation in the back of the shop on Malcolm X Boulevard when one man turned his back and the suspect pulled out a gun.
"I don't know what's going on in the neighborhood, but it really hurts me that people are getting shot and killed like that. It's sad," one person said. "They opened right back up. They rolled the rug, it's not even off the floor where the blood is," said Lesha Sekou, founder of Street Corner Resources."This is a disregard and a disrespect for life."
According to police, smoke shops across the city have been plagued by crime. Although the motive for this latest shooting is unknown, NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said robberies in these establishments have soared since many started illegally selling cannabis.
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