Auto shop employee killed, another injured in Upper East Side shooting - WABC-TV

UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- Two employees were shot and one was killed outside an Upper East Side auto body shop Monday morning.

It happened at NYC Auto Inc. on East 95th Street at around 9:30 a.m.

Police say the suspect walked into the car shop and after some sort of verbal altercation with a 33-year-old employee, the suspect pulled out a gun and shot him in the head and shoulder.

He then reportedly shot a 43-year-old employee in the back.

Both men were rushed to the hospital where the 33-year-old man, said to be the shop's receptionist, was pronounced dead.

The 43-year-old victim was said to be stable.

The gunman fled the scene in a blue SUV and was last seen heading toward the FDR Drive.

The motive for the shooting remains unclear.

A woman who is a customer and lives across the street said she knew the receptionist.

"He was, like, the receptionist, he made the appointments and everything, wrote down all the information," she said. "The nicest guy in the world, not the kind of person you would expect this to happen to."

Jeff Saver learned of the shooting while arriving to pick up a car.

"I think it's terrible, it's awful," Saver said. "Shoot somebody in the head for clearly no good reason. I mean, there's never a good enough reason for something like that. I feel terrible."

Raw video from the scene of the shooting:
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