Shocking video footage shows the moment a Queens pawn shop owner was beaten so badly with a metal rod that cops initially thought he’d been shot in the head.
The clip, released by the NYPD early Friday, shows the 60-year-old owner of Global Pawn Shop in Jamaica on the floor desperately trying to raise his arms to stop the constant flurry of blows Monday afternoon.
His black-clad attacker — seen more clearly in images also released Friday — instead repeatedly pushed the helpless victim back down on the floor to continue the bloody assault.
The beating was so savage that responding officers initially assumed he’d been shot
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