A Brooklyn Uber rider died during a clash with 2 men who opened the backmost door, bushed him and stole his chain, cops said Thursday.
Michael Shelonchik was beaten unconscious by the crooks aft they ripped unfastened the backmost doorway of the Uber helium was riding successful astatine W. 5th St. and Neptune Ave. successful Coney Island astir 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, cops said.
Medics rushed Shelonchik, 53, to Maimonides Medical Center, wherever helium died. His attackers got distant with his concatenation and person not been caught.
Shelonchik lived successful Bergen Beach, according to cops.
Police are investigating the lawsuit arsenic a homicide but person preliminary classified the lawsuit arsenic an “investigate DOA,” pending the results of a metropolis Medical Examiner autopsy to find precisely however Shelonchik died.