candy bar killer caught
candy bar killer caught
By Dan Gesslein
Cops nabbed an Edenwald man they say is the candy bar killer who gunned down a gas station employee.
Forty-one-year-old Anthony Bayne has been charged with murder and attempted murder for the death of one employee and the wounding of another at a gas station outside Co-op City. At around 11:46 p.m. on October 28, the gunman talked his way into the Shell gas station at 1950 Bartow Avenue. Cops say Bayne claimed hunger and wanted to purchase a Snickers candy bar inside the locked gas station. One of the employees let him in. Once inside the man pulled out a revolver.
Attendant Lamine Diop, 35, fought the gunman when the man opened fire. Diop was struck three times in the leg. His coworker was also hit in the torso and arm. The gunman fled the scene without cash. Diop was pronounced DOA at Jacobi Medical Center.
Police released surveillance video of the suspect following the murder. Several people called in with tips fingering Bayne as the gunman.
Bayne has prior arrests for robbery.
Thursday, November 11, 2010