Retired Cop Shoots and Kills Alleged Robber at Queens Pub: NYPD

A man was shot and killed by a retired NYPD officer as he was robbing a pub in Queens, police said.

The 30-something-year-old man entered the Parkside Pub in Whitestone shortly before 4 a.m., according to police.

He allegedly took out a gun and stole money from the cash register before one of the patrons, a retired NYPD officer, shot him once in the face.

The robbery suspect died from his injuries.

Further details, including the identities of the two men, weren’t immediately known.

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