The shotgun-wielding owner of a Harlem restaurant-supply company blasted two men to death and wounded another Thursday when they tried to rob him in broad daylight.
Turning the tables on the bandits, 72-year-old Charles (Gus) Augusto opened fire with a pistol-grip shotgun he kept under the counter for such an occasion, cops and witnesses said.
Four robbers, one armed with a gun, stormed into business, Kaplan Brothers Blue Flame, just after 3 p.m. demanding cash and threatening an employee. They bolted for the exit when they saw Augusto's shotgun.
Two of the robbers were hit in the back, including one who dropped dead inside the store among the sparkling gas stoves Augusto sells, witnesses said.
The other would-be thief made it across the street before collapsing on the sidewalk. He later died at St. Luke's Hospital.
The power of the Second Amendment. Can you imagine Shortshanks' face if this happened here?
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