A series of shootings at Big Apple smoke shops has cops beefing up resources to deal with what has become a “citywide problem,” the Post has learned.
Another suspect in the Hubble Bubble smoke shop case.In the latest attack, a man was pistol-whipped, robbed and shot inside a Myrtle Avenue smoke shop in Brooklyn late Friday night, cops said.Two men entered the 477 News & Tobacco store at 477 Myrtle Ave., near Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill, shortly before 11:30 p.m. and shot the victim in the head during the confrontation, police said. The man, 48, was taken to Methodist Hospital in stable condition, authorities said.
The pair entered the Hubble Bubble smoke shop on Avenue P near East Fourth Street in Midwood just after 11 a.m. on Feb. 2, cops said. The duo got away with about $150 in cash and CBD products valued at around $800, police said. in a possible attempted robbery, police said. Three armed suspects entered Exotic Convenience at 79 Clinton St. around 6:40 p.m. as one of the men opened fire, striking the employee in the lower back, according to the NYPD. The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, according to authorities.
The 35-year-old worker was inside the Orchard Smoke Shop on Orchard Street near East Houston Street on the Lower East Side just after 10:30 p.m. when the trio swiped about $12,000 in merchandise and around $300 in cash, police said.
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