A Midtown parking garage attendant was shot twice while confronting a suspected thief — then turned the gun on the alleged bandit during a Saturday morning struggle, police sources said.
The overnight attendant, 57, was grazed in the ear by a bullet during the frightening encounter, then shot in the stomach, the sources said.
The episode unfolded at around 5:30 a.m. when the worker saw a man peering into cars on the second floor of the garage at 340 W. 31st Street, the sources said.
Believing the man was stealing, the attendant brought him outside and asked what was inside his bag.
Instead of cooperating, the man pulled out a gun and opened fire, before the attendant wrestled the gun away and shot the man in the chest, sources said.
The worker was also shot in the stomach, possibly while grabbing the gun away, the sources added.
Both men were taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, the NYPD said.
“Both are in custody and the investigation is ongoing,” said a department spokesman, who did not reveal the specific charges.
The attendant’s family could not be reached for comment.
Workers at the parking garage, which is across the street from Moynihan Train Station, were tight-lipped in the hours after the incident.
“I can’t talk about it,” one worker told The Post.
Keith Greene, an Amtrak employee who stopped by the garage in the hours after the shooting, was shaken by the news of the bloodshed.
“It’s very alarming that it happened right here. This doesn’t really happen out here,” Greene said.
“There is a lot more crime than there used to be out here. It is alarming, considering where we’re at.”
There is some comfort for the Amtrak employee.
Shooting incidents across the city are down 24% this year (211) compared to the same period last year (276) through March 26, NYPD data show.
