A wild man on a shooting spree in Brooklyn, New York, struck a popular Nigerian night spot, 9Ja Villa, late Friday.
According to the shaken owner of 9Ja Villa, Carol Emerenini, the gunman kept on repeating “Gimme the money! Gimme all the money!”.
Emerenini, owner of the Mill Basin establishment, said security guards saw the culprit walk up to them, waving a gun in the air. Emerenini also said that the man then “pistol whipped” one of the bouncers and fled on East 51 St.
The gunman then stopped a livery cab and tried to pat the driver, Eric Martine, down for cash but the cabby threw a quick punch at the gunman who managed to fire a shot, hitting a passenger in the head. The passenger, Nikita Gerbelsky, 23, of Forest Hills, was declared brain dead at Kings County Hospital.
Shortly after the incident, police arrested a suspect - Michael Magnan, a 19 year old youth with previous arrests including drug and weapons possession, evidence tampering and bail jumping.
“This guy was drunk,” said gunman's father Frantz Magnan. “How could he do something like that?”
Magnan has been charged with attempted murder, assault, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal mischief on Sunday, officials said.
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