Surveillance Video Shows Inwood Robbery, Shooting That Left Milton Grant, 34, Dead
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Police have released surveillance video showing a robbery that left a man dead in Inwood.
It happened early Monday morning on Dyckman Street.
Police say at about 4:48 a.m., three suspects approached two people. One of the two victims was sitting in in the driver's seat of a black BMW and the other was standing nearby on the street.
The trio pulled out guns and tried to rob both of them. The driver of the black BMW, 34-year-old Milton Grant, tried to pull away, and was shot in the head, police said. Grant's car then crashed nearby.
Surveillance video shows the gunman who shot Grant hop into the crashed car, where police say the suspect took Grant's watch, ring, and chain.
Police say the other victim, 33, had his chain stolen too, and was shot in the groin as he ran from the scene.
The three suspects then jumped into a gray Honda Accord that was waiting nearby for them and drove off northbound on Vermilyea Avenue.
Grant was pronounced dead at the scene. The 33-year-old victim was hospitalized in stable condition.
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