Inches from tragedy
Fiend shoots at deli worker, but bullet is
A bodega worker is lucky to be alive after a maniac fired a gun at him for refusing to give him a pack of cigarettes without paying.
Hosam Obeid, 22, is amazed that the bullet struck the thin aluminum handle across the bodega’s glass door used to push it open — just inches away from taking the young Yemeni immigrant’s life.
“That aluminum saved me,” Obeid said. “Everybody gonna have the time when they go. But it’s not my time when I go. Thank God.”
Obeid relieved his boss jjust tthe cigarettes,g threatened to Obeid’s life. ingg me in the car.” after midnight Saturday to kill Obeid, but left the store But the crazed nicotine Guzman was charged with take over the night shift at 8th just after 1 a.m. Saturday, acfiend didn’t stop there, appossession of a loaded firearm, Street Candy Corp. on 8th St. cording to police. proaching three onlookers eight counts of reckless ennear Astoria Blvd. outside of He quickly returned on a hanging out on the corner outdangerment, criminal posthe Astoria Houses. motorcycle and flashed a fireside the store and threatening session of stolen property, pos
Shortly after starting his arm in his waistband at some them too, police said. session of a large capacity shift, a customer showed up patrons outside, demanding He pointed the gun at one ammo feeding device and four demanding a pack of cigathe cigarettes one last time, man’s head, at another man’s counts of menacing. His arrettes on credit. shocking video obtained by neck, and pressed it into the raignment was pending in
“He just tell me he want me the Daily News shows. gut of the third man, police Queens Criminal Court on to loan him cigarettes,” said Obeid, who started working said. Sunday.
Obeid. “He wanted it on credat the store just a week ago, Michael Guzman, who Obeid plans to give up his it.” had locked the doors. cops say is a Bloods member, new job — for fear of losing his
The customer hadlife.beenin“Hetoldme,‘Yousure?wasnabbedbypoliceashort the store earlier to use the OK,’ ” Obeid said. “He got on time later. “Somebody shot me, I’m ATM around 11:30 p.m. Friday, bike and takes the gun out and Video shows cops arresting scared,” Obeid said. He said before Obeid arrived, and he shot at me.” Guzman as the cowardly guntwo men came to the store menaced his boss, but didn’t The 9-mm. bullet miracuman yells that they’ve got the Sunday, identified themselves take any violent action, Obeid lously hit the metal bar on the wrong man, “Arrested for as Bloods and threatened him, said. door instead of shattering the what,” he yelled as cops put blaming him for Guzman’s ar
The maniac, fuming over glass and potentially ending him in a squad car. “Ya’ll forc- rest.