BK Bodega Worker Fatally Shot In Spat Over Cigar: Police, Report

BROOKLYN, NY — A Crown Heights bodega worker was fatally shot in the head during an argument over a cigar in Crown Heights, according to police and reports.

Cops found Nazim Berry, 37, bleeding from a gunshot wound to his head Monday afternoon inside a Franklin Avenue deli, NYPD officials said.

Berry was rushed to NYC Health and Hospitals/Kings County, where he was later pronounced dead, authorities said.

His mother, Danette Hollie, told CBS News that Berry had been killed when he refused to give a man a free Black & Mild cigar. The man left after an argument and returned with a gun, she told the outlet.

"And when the guy went to draw the gun Nazim seen it and they had a tussle over it and he said they tussled and when you bend down and tussle the guy pointed the gun right to the back of his head and shot him," Hollie said, according to the CBS report.

No arrests have been made as of Tuesday morning and police are still searching for the suspect, an NYPD spokesperson told Patch.

The United Bodegas of America said that they are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

"This is simply out of control. We cannot continue to do business in a City plagued with criminals that simply want to take over our properties," Radhames Rodriguez President of United Bodegas of America said in a statement.