We're learning more about the 20-year-old employee who was killed during an armed robbery at a Queens smoke shop Saturday. HannahKliger spoke with the victim's grieving mother.
As the suspects were fleeing with $100 in cash and $50 worth of merchandise, police say they turned around and shot Clarke in the chest before getting away in a white Toyota Camry.
"This was a senseless shooting, especially over something as small as $150. My child didn't deserve to lose his life over $150, and I think the mayor needs to really pay attention to that. And whether the smoke shop was legal or illegal, these places need to still have security. These are people's lives that are being put in danger," Kiesha Clarke said.
Sunday afternoon, detectives were back at the scene, as long-time residents like Alice Campbell say many people don't feel safe there.Neighbors have noticed more smoke shops opening across the city, and some feel these shops have been magnets for recent crimes. A few days ago, another shop a block away was robbed, and just last month, there was a fatal shooting in Harlem's Level Up smoke shop.
"Had I known, I wouldn't have let my son work in a smoke shop. My children is my number one priority, always," Kiesha Clarke said."I saw him on Friday, and as usual, he was just here. We were playing video games together, talking, laughing. We had family game night, everything was good, and he went to bed to get up for work Saturday morning," she said.
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