A stressed-out dad in need of baby formula became so irate when the clerk at a Brooklyn shop suggested he buy regular milk, he whipped out a gun from his son’s stroller and robbed the place, cops said.
The bizarre stickup happened when the man walked into 8 Six Food Corp. in Gravesend around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday pushing a carriage with an infant inside.
When the clerk told the man they were out of stock and suggested regular milk, the suspect freaked out and tried to attack the clerk.
“He started cursing at the worker and said he’s going to come around the counter and smack him,” said store owner Sadik Aldoais.
A customer who was shopping at the time saw the confrontation and tried to hold the maniac at bay before he grabbed two packages of baby wipes and loaded them into his kid’s stroller.
But when the worker screamed at the dad to pay for the wipes, the suspect pulled out a pistol that had been stashed under the baby’s seat and aimed it at the clerk.
“I’m not paying for s—!” the man shouted, before storming out of the store with his baby.
Aldoais said the man is a regular customer who regularly threatens and harrasess his employees.
“He keeps threatening us like a tough guy,” he said. “I’m worried what is next.”
Police said the pistol-packing dad is believed to be in his mid-20s with a slim build and was last seen wearing red shorts and a blue shirt.