Robber puts pistol to man's face, but it jams when he pulls trigger

Leoncio Martinez is lucky to be alive after a mugger stuck a gun to his head and pulled the trigger on the Upper East Side of New York City.

The gun jammed.

"Definitely, he was trying to kill me. I was freaking out," Martinez, 64, a retired air-conditioner installer, told the New York Post.

Police are looking for the mugger who put a black pistol to the back of Martinez's head after sneaking up on him.

Martinez took $70 out of his pocket to give the man, but saw his face.

"That's when he pulled the trigger right there in my face," said Martinez. "I was very scared."

Comments

[Earl Key]

Too bad he wasn't in Texas the mugger migh have been the one getting shot. When the police can't protect us sometime we have to do it ourselves. Even if it is vigilante attitude so what if you rob and kill then you deserve what you get.