Police in New York City say a Brooklyn man wanted in connection with a January robbery accidentally killed himself last month.
According to the New York Post, 28-year-old Ralik Hansen shot himself in the head while trying to hide under a couch in his Brownsville apartment on Oct. 31. Hansen was wanted by police for stealing over $700,000 worth of watches from the Cartier store in Midtown Manhattan in January along with four other men. When a FedEx delivery man knocked on his door, he panicked, convinced the police had arrived to arrest him:
In his paranoia, he ran to the bathroom and grabbed a .357 and was trying to shimmy under his couch to hide in his apartment when the gun went off,” a law-enforcement source said
The Post adds that Hansen, who was indicted in April, faced robbery and weapons charges. If convicted, he faced a potential life sentence.
[via New York Post]
