The suspected thief punched the employee, according to a police source, and the employee pulled a knife and stabbed the 50-year-old man.
By Kerry Burke, Rocco Parascandola and Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News
Employee Scotty Enoe and a man suspected of trying to steal goods got into an argument near the door of the CVS pharmacy on“It was a homeless guy. He had a big problem with the security guard with the CVS,” street vendor Modo Gui, who witnessed the melee from across the street,The thief punched Enoe, according to a police source, and the employee then pulled a knife and stabbed the 50-year-old man at about 12:26 a.m., cops said.“This guy attacked him. My brother is a good person.
Officers responding to a 911 call for a robbery in progress arrived to find the would-be shoplifter with a stab wound to his torso.Enoe, 46, was arrested and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon, police said.“Scotty’s a real cool guy. It must have been self-defense,” Enoe’s friend Wayne Augustine told the Daily News. “Scotty’s not an aggressive or violent person. He suffers from sickle-cell anemia really fiercely and he still goes to work.