Watch out, Celow.
A scraggly-haired Coney Island felon is being sought for a shooting on Avenue W in Coney Island, officials said this week.
John Thomas, AKA “Celow,” 34, allegedly opened fire during a 1 p.m. skirmish near West 13th Street on Monday, January 4, striking a 30-year-old man once in the stomach.
His victim was rushed to Lutheran Medical Center where he was listed in stable condition after treatment.
Cops described Thomas as 5’10, 170-pound male. The motive behind the shooting was not disclosed.
While they begin their hunt for Thomas, cops are wrapping up their case against a man wanted for a New Year’s crime spree.
Officials said that Fatmir Dajbabic, 28, was apprehended for a B.B. gun spree between December 29 and January 1.
According to prosecutors, Dajbabic allegedly stormed into a Dunkin’ Donuts on Brighton Beach Avenue near Coney Island Avenue just before 8 p.m. on December 29, pulled his weapon and ordered that she empty out her register. When the woman refused, Dajbabic left, only to show up at a McDonald’s on Kings Highway near East 16th Street at 10:30 p.m. that night, where he allegedly took an employee to a back room and forced him to fork over some of the restaurants receipts.
Police alleged that Dajbabic also pulled his weapon on an employee at a Holiday Inn on Union Street and Fourth Avenue in Park Slope and a second Dunkin Donuts on Fourth Avenue and 87th Street in Bay Ridge, where he took $600 from an employee.
Investigators nabbed Dajbabic on January 2, charging him with robbery, burglary and criminal possession of a weapon.
The weapon, it turned out, was a B.B. pistol, officials said.
Cops are asking anyone with information regarding the search for Thomas to come forward.
Calls can be made to the NYPD CrimeStoppers hotline at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.
