A pizzeria owner and his father are being hailed as heroes after jumping into action to stop a robbery in Queens, though both were stabbed in the process.
A 60-year-old employee at a pawn shop in Queens was shot in the head inside the shop Monday afternoon.The Korean woman didn't want to appear on camera, but she told Eyewitness News she remembers being pushed from behind and knocked to the ground, having her bag stolen, and then being stabbed.Louie was stabbed while struggling with the assailants, while his father was stabbed in the back nine times. Both suffered a collapsed lung.
"Trying to take a breath, but it's hard to take a real breath, and you feel like a bubbling inside," Louie said."My dad's a bull, like old school men. They don't make them like they used to." He and his father held down two of the three suspects until police arrived and then walked themselves to the emergency room at Elmhurst Hospital across the street.
Robert Whack, 30, is charged with robbery, assault, criminal possession of a weapon, and criminal possession of a controlled substance, while 18-year-old Supreme Gooding is charged with robbery, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon.
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