Man shot in leg during struggle with carjacker on Staten Island, SUV stolen
A man was shot in the leg during a struggle with a carjacker on Staten Island early Sunday, police said.
The 34-year-old victim was coming out of a deli on Port Richmond Ave. near Castleton Ave. in Port Richmond about 2:20 a.m. when a gunman confronted him and demanded his vehicle, cops said.
The victim resisted and was shot in the left leg, cops said. The shooter jumped into the victim’s black Infiniti SUV and drove off. The crook was last seen driving over the Verrazano Bridge to Brooklyn, cops said.
Medics took the victim to Richmond University Medical Center where he is expected to recover, cops said.
