Crime & Safety
Dramatic Video Shows Deadly Dyckman Street Robbery
The video shows three gunmen shoot a driver in the head and rob his passenger.

UPPER MANHATTAN, NY – Dramatic video of a fatal robbery on Dyckman Street shows three gunmen drag a terrified victim from a car while the driver is shot in the head.
The footage released by police shows one of the victims taken from the car and wrestledby his attackers before he breaks free and sprints down the street, chased by the gun-toting attackers while pedestrians dash out of the way.
The BMW, which police said had the shot man at the wheel, is seen crashing onto the sidewalk at 175 Dyckman Street in Northern Manhattan before one of the attackers climbs into the passenger seat. Police said he took the victim's watch, ring and chain before fleeing.
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The video, which was filmed at 4:48 a.m. Monday, begins with the attackers' car halting in the middle of the street with the three men jumping out and running over to the BMW, which is parked at the side of the road.
One man gets out of the back seat and is wrestled by the attackers. The BMW is driven off, which is when the driver was shot, police said. The dead man was named as Milton Grant, 34, from Rosedale, Queens.
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The other man, 33, was shot in the groin but survived, police said. He was robbed of his chain.
The three men fled in a gray Honda Accord that was driven by a fourth person northbound on Vermilyea Avenue, police said.
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