NYC dad fatally shot in the head trying to drive away from robbers
Milton Grant, 34, was shot in the head early Monday morning as he tried to drive away from the robbers, according to a news release from the New York City Police Department.
Grant’s car then crashed on the side of the street and the man who shot him removed Grant’s watch, ring and a chain from his neck, according to police.
Two other suspects forcibly removed a second, unnamed 33-year-old victim’s chain from his neck and he was shot in the groin as he was trying to run from the scene.
“My husband liked nice things, Grant’s fiancée, Nixia Jordan told CNN’s John Berman on Wednesday.
“He worked hard for his jewelry, his shoes, his clothes, his cars and for someone to just murder him for his belongings instead of working hard for getting his own, it’s just, it’s a slap in the face, to take a life, just for his jewelry, just for his things,” she said.
The three suspects got into a gray, four-door Honda Accord that was driven by a fourth individual, the NYPD said.
First responders transported the 33-year-old male victim to a local hospital and he was said to be in stable condition.
The early Monday shooting was one of eight that day, including two homicides. This came after a particularly bloody Sunday that saw 10 shooting incidents and 11 victims, according to the NYPD.
‘We talked about having forever together’
“I never thought that my husband would be taken from me in this way,” Jordan said. “We talked about having forever together about raising our kids, we just put them in sports, so now I’m thinking how am I supposed to take them to practice without their dad accompanying me, how am I going to do family vacations without him.”
Jordan described Grant as a very confident man. He would always tell you he’s the greatest cook and was a great father who was a family man and constantly put his kids and family first, she said.
“He always was around his kids, I don’t even know how I’m going to go on. He picked them up from school, he was just a very hands-on father and a very hands-on son. Him and his father’s relationship, they’re thick as thieves and that’s how I wanted my kids to be with him and now they’ve been robbed of that opportunity.”
‘It’s not even safe to go outside the house anymore’
“I have no idea what needs to be done, but something needs to be done,” she said. “It’s not even safe to go outside the house anymore.”
“I feel the government needs to put a stop to people making the claims that have the ability to work.”
“Go out and work for your money, go out and work to buy your own things, don’t steal, and don’t kill just to get those things. Work for them just like my husband did.”
The program will allow ATF agents to be embedded directly within the NYPD, permit members of the NYPD working with the ATF’s gun-tracing team to have federal agent privileges, and will facilitate the sharing of intelligence information between the two agencies, de Blasio said.
CNN’s Artemis Moshtaghian, Laura Ly and Maegan Vazquez contributed to this report.