A beloved "Meals on Wheels" deliveryman was fatally shot in a Brooklyn apartment building yesterday after bringing lunch to two elderly women, police said.
Emanuel Aminov Z"L, a 55-year-old grandfather, went to the Brownsville Houses to deliver food to the needy, even though he was scared of the crime-ridden area, his grieving family said yesterday.
Gertie Johnson, 73, who received a pasta-and-broccoli dish from Aminov minutes before he was killed in the lobby of 341 Dumont Ave. in the Brownsville Houses, said, "I heard a 'bang' in the hallway, and now he's dead.
"I have no idea why someone would do that to him. It's a shame," Johnson said.
Aminov had just finished making his second delivery on the building's first floor at about 10:16 a.m. when he walked into the lobby, where he was confronted by a man in his 20s wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and armed with a gun, cops said. Other people also were in the lobby.
The man shot Aminov once in the chest and fled. He was seen running into a nearby building.
"I heard one shot, then a lady crying. She was screaming, 'He brings me breakfast!' " said resident Tashia Dunbar, 15.
Aminov was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he died.
It was unclear whether robbery was the motive.
Aminov's wallet was found on him with no money inside, police sources said..
Aminov, an East New York resident with three daughters and seven grandkids, immigrated from Tajikistan two decades ago.
He previously worked as a car-service driver but landed a job in August with the Jewish Association for Services for the Aged.
(Source: NY Post)
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