Police in New York City are on the hunt for a man and woman who brazenly attacked a man with a hammer in a Bronx bodega and shot at him with a handgun.
The frightening altercation in the borough's Van Nest neighborhood was captured in full on a store security camera, and has since inspired a citywide search for the still-at-large suspects - who police say were a couple.
Security footage shows the male and female suspects enter the establishment on Morris Park Avenue and begin arguing with the unidentified victim, who police say was a 50-year-old man.
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Police in New York City are on the hunt for a man and woman who brazenly attacked a man with a hammer in a Bronx bodega before shooting at him with a handgun
A female suspect can be seen bludgeoning the 50-year-old victim with a hammer during the frightening altercation, which occurred in the borough's Van Nest neighborhood on Dec. 26
Cops contend that the quarrel occurred after the male suspect accused the victim of looking at his female companion.
The disagreement eventually escalated and quickly turned physical, as the footage released by the New York Police Department Wednesday shows.
In the video, the male suspect, who walked with a single crutch, can first be seen pushing the victim, as the older man clutches the suspect's sweatshirt.
The footage then shows the female suspect intervening in the burgeoning scuffle by brazenly striking the victim in the head with a hammer, while her male counterpart suddenly brandishes a pistol.
The footage shows the female suspect intervening in a burgeoning scuffle between her male companion and the victim, by brazenly striking the 50-year-old man in the head with a hammer
The male suspect then proceeds to point the firearm at the victim, menacing him, but does not let a shot off as he and the woman continue to grapple one another, the footage shows. He eventually holstered the weapon
The male suspect proceeds to point the firearm at the
