{"id":41213,"date":"2025-11-16T12:27:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T12:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/41213\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T12:27:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T12:27:13","slug":"2-workers-shot-by-angry-customer-at-queens-discount-store-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/41213\/","title":{"rendered":"2 workers shot by angry customer at Queens discount store, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An argument between the customer and the workers escalated into gunfire at a store in Jamaica, Queens, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The shooting happened at Great Savings on Jamaica Avenue on Saturday, just after 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police say the suspect left the store but returned and opened fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 34-year-old worker was shot in the chest and was taken to the hospital in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 55-year-old worker was struck in the leg. That employee was listed in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The suspect is described as a man, approximately 6 feet tall, wearing gray sweatpants and a green sweater.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No arrests have been made.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/queens\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:More Queens news;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">More Queens news<\/a><br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/7ny.tv\/submitnewstip\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Send us a news tip;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Send us a news tip<\/a><br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts<\/a> <br \/>*<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrlIS7z20CnVaCrMvdkig_g\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Follow us on YouTube;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Follow us on YouTube<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Submit a tip or story idea to Eyewitness News<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below. If attaching a video or photo, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/image-video-solicitation-and-rights-terms-of-use\/5101040\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:terms of use apply.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">terms of use apply.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An argument between the customer and the workers escalated into gunfire at a store in Jamaica, Queens, police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[7379,23745,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-41213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-jamaica","tag-jamaica-avenue","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}