A Brooklyn dad died of an obvious medical episode at the back of a personal cab Tuesday night — shortly after a violent duo pummeled him and robbed him of his chain, cops stated.
Michael Shelonchik, 53, was driving inside a cab round 6 p.m. on Neptune Avenue close to West fifth Avenue in Brighton Seashore when two muggers stormed as much as the automotive, opened the door and started punching him within the face and head, authorities stated.
They then ripped his chain off his neck and bolted, cops stated.
Sheloncik requested the driving force to take him house, however he appeared to have suffered a medical episode alongside the way in which, at Avenue Y and East third Avenue, based on police and sources.
He was rushed to Maimonides Medical Middle, the place he died, cops stated.
Sheloncik, a Brooklyn native, left behind two grieving daughters, together with Taylor, 27, who advised The Submit she’d by no means think about one thing so devastating occurring to her dad.
“That is loopy. I’ve lived in New York my entire life,” Taylor stated. “I used to be born and raised right here…I’ve by no means skilled one thing like this. My father was born and raised right here.”
“He knew the streets just like the again of his arms. By no means in life might we ever think about one thing like this might occur to him.”
Taylor described her dad as “a father each lady might dream of.”
“It sounds cliché, however it’s true,” she stated. “I really feel such as you solely hear tales about a majority of these folks as a result of simply the nice die younger. He was every little thing to us. He did every little thing for us. He was a sole supplier, the only emotional rock, the only every little thing.”
“I’m 27 years outdated and the considered transferring out scared me as a result of it’s like I can’t be with out him,” Taylor added. “We do every little thing collectively. We eat collectively each meal, we go grocery buying collectively, we go to docs’ appointments collectively, we do every little thing as a unit.”
“All of us have the identical docs. All of us have the identical every little thing. We’re very shut. We don’t have an enormous household. It’s simply the 4 of us — us and my grandma so it’s like we do every little thing collectively, you realize.”
Sheloncik was keen about music – particularly “rock and soul and Motown” – and used to promote CDs wholesale, his daughter recalled.
Taylor stated her dad impressed her, and he or she’ll always remember his “silliness, his humor, his giggle, the foolish little jokes that he made.”
“I’m going to overlook him greater than…..that is indescribable,” she added. “I used to be simply saying to my grandma. I don’t know easy methods to reside with out him. He’s my life. He taught me every little thing I do know.”
“I communicate the way in which I communicate due to him. I stroll the way in which I stroll due to him. I discuss the way in which I discuss due to him and it’s like anyone took my crutches from beneath me and I’m simply left with damaged legs and I’ve to learn to stroll.”
In a determined plea, Taylor urged Mayor Eric Adams to place an finish to the violence.
“This has to cease,” she stated. “I don’t know what needs to be completed however one thing needs to be completed. No matter you’re doing now, do the alternative.”
In the meantime, Taylor’s 20-year-old sister, Lexi, stood somberly, barely capable of accumulate her ideas.
“I’m speechless proper now,” she stated. “It’s so much to soak up.”
A male neighbor who had lived on the block for greater than 10 years stated he didn’t know the household effectively however typically noticed Sheloncik “popping out of his home and speaking to his pals.”
“New York is loopy proper now – nuts, nuts,” he stated. “You by no means need something dangerous to occur to anyone, particularly when it’s your neighbor. It’s simply unlucky.”
“Even in the event you see a lifeless animal it makes you unhappy, so are you able to think about this – particularly when you realize it might have been prevented,” the neighbor added. “It’s a horrible, horrible factor.”
Shelonchik’s explanation for dying is underneath investigation by the town health worker’s workplace.
Surveillance video launched by the NYPD Wednesday exhibits each hooded, masked theft suspects – who stay at massive – strolling round on the sidewalk.
Anybody with data on the incident is requested to name the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
The general public may also submit their ideas by logging onto the CrimeStoppers web site at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.
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