This is the horrific moment a 30-year-old man was shot and killed in front of his nine-year-old daughter at a Manhattan bodega after a fight broke out.
Surveillance cameras show Tykeem Berry, 30, arguing with the killer on Thursday just after 4pm at the 144 Deli & Grocery store on 14 Nagel Avenue.
The unidentified suspect, wearing a green coat with one hand in his pocket, yells at Berry – who was wearing a red puffer jacket – before storming off.
Berry appears to continue yelling at the man behind the door as the cashiers try to cool down the situation.
But the moment Berry turns his back on the door and walks towards his daughter, the suspect rushes in and shoots him, with the father charging at the attacker.
But the struggle is brief as Berry soon collapses on the floor, with his hand visibly flailing before falling still as the gunman flees.
The murder is the latest as crime continues to soar in the Big Apple while NYPD resignations have shot up by 30 percent.
Tykeem Berry (left), 30, was shot and killed after arguing with an unidentified suspect (right) at Manhattan’s 144 Deli & Grocery store on 14 Nagel Avenue
![After the suspect walked out the door and Berry turned his back to walk towards his nine-year-old daughter, the gunman rushed back in and fired at the father](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/16/13/65656061-11546207-image-m-25_1671198655514.jpg)
After the suspect walked out the door and Berry turned his back to walk towards his nine-year-old daughter, the gunman rushed back in and fired at the father
![Despite being shot, Berry lounges at the gunman](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/16/13/65656071-11546207-image-m-21_1671198580130.jpg)
![He throws him out the store before collapsing](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/16/13/65656067-11546207-image-m-20_1671198572289.jpg)
Despite being shot, Berry lounges at the gunman and manages to throw him out the store before collapsing on the ground. He was rushed to the hospital, where he died
Police said Berry was rushed to Harlem Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His daughter was not injured in the incident.
Officials are currently looking for the suspect, and are probing whether or not the shooting might have been related to the victim’s 19 prior arrests.
The store’s owner, Ahmad El-Myndcer, condemned the shooting and told NBC4 that he and his employees and customers tried to shield Berry’s daughter from seeing her father’s body.
‘I don’t want the children to see her father get killed,’ El-Myndcer said. ‘It can affect her in the future. She can have problems. So, we kept her inside. We gave her soda, we gave her whatever she wants.’
He added that Berry had been a loyal customer for 15 years and would stop by his store every morning to buy lunch for his daughter before dropping her off at school.
![The suspect (top right) fled the scene. The store employees and customers said they shielded Berry's daughter from seeing her father's body](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/16/13/65656065-11546207-image-a-15_1671198546960.jpg)
The suspect (top right) fled the scene. The store employees and customers said they shielded Berry’s daughter from seeing her father’s body
![Police are looking for the killer, who fled the scene, and investigating the cause of the shooting](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/16/13/65655909-11546207-image-a-13_1671198213784.jpg)
Police are looking for the killer, who fled the scene, and investigating the cause of the shooting
![The store's owner condemned the shooting and said Berry had been a loyal customer of 15 years who bought lunch for his daughter everyday at the bodega](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/16/14/65655855-11546207-image-a-29_1671199273270.jpg)
The store’s owner condemned the shooting and said Berry had been a loyal customer of 15 years who bought lunch for his daughter everyday at the bodega
The shooting is the latest in a city marred by crime, which is currently up by nearly 25 percent compared to the same time last year.
According to the latest report from the NYPD, only homicides and the number of shooting victims in the city is down, falling by 11.4 and 15.9 percent, respectively.
Robberies have seen the biggest uptick, with police reporting 13,000 incidents so far this year, a 27.5 percent rise from the same time in 2021.
Assaults are also up by 12.8 percent, and rapes have increased by 7.8 percent.
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Thousands of New York City police officers have ditched the country’s biggest police force and come to other states for higher salaries.
Police department recruiters from other states, including Florida and Colorado have rushed to the Big Apple to persuade some of the city’s 34,000 officers into relocating in exchange for higher pay and better work environments.
The retention rate among NYPD officers is rocky, especially since 1,225 officers have resigned through November before reaching five years at the police force, according to the New York Times. About 3,200 total have left this year, including retirees.
It’s the largest exodus in the city’s police force since 2002.
![New York Police Department is witnessing an increase in resignations as some officer flee to other states for higher pay and more benefits](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/16/14/65471593-11546207-New_York_Police_Department_is_witnessing_an_increase_in_resignat-a-40_1671200493905.jpg)
New York Police Department is witnessing an increase in resignations as some officer flee to other states for higher pay and more benefits
Some officers have flocked to the sunny state of Florida to receive a guaranteed sign-on bonus of $5,000 and funds to further their education at a state police academy.
Spero Georgedakis, a former Miami officer who now works to assist in cop relocation, recently posted a television ad for $20,000 per month to persuade NYPD cops to relocate to Florida, according to the news outlet.
Amid the ‘defund the police’ and George Floyd protests, about 9,400 have left the NYPD since 2020, according to the news outlet.
Full-year statistics released to DailyMail.com in June showed that 3,152 officers left the force in 2020, meaning that the pace of retirements this year is only slightly higher. There were far fewer departures in 2021, with 2,689 officers exiting.
Despite nearly 6,900 joining since 2020, it hasn’t been enough.