Man Robbed Of $100K In Midtown Manhattan Attack…

The victim, a man in his 50s, was hospitalized in stable condition after the attack, which happened just after 2 p.m. three blocks south of the park near Sixth Avenue and 56th Street. The New York Police Department said… he may have been grazed by a bullet or pistol-whipped in the head; some witnesses said a gunman shot him in the street before fleeing.

Based on preliminary information, it appeared as though the victim had just withdrawn tens of thousands of dollars from a nearby bank, a law enforcement source told WNBC.com

Witnesses said they saw the two men fighting over a black duffel bag in front of the cafe. The younger man then dragged the victim — who was clinging to the bag — down the street, beating him in the head with the gun, witnesses said.

The gunman apparently struggled with the victim before firing one shot and then fleeing with the victim’s bag, leading police to believe that the shooting was part of a robbery.

Police said the man, whose name was not released, was in stable condition with a laceration to the back of his head at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Police were searching a suspect they described as a man between 25 and 30 years old who was wearing a black parka, black pants is about five feet 9 inches tall.

Zafer Incekara, a limousine driver from Lyndhurst, N.J., said the gunman fired a shot at the man before he fled.

“I saw the guy running out to Sixth Avenue” with the black bag after leaving the man in the street, said witness Amado Delacruz, 34, of Bayonne, N.J.

“You don’t expect this. Not on 56th Street. Especially in front of Starbucks,” Delacruz said.

A woman who answered the telephone at the Starbucks hung up on a reporter’s call Friday.

The investigation is on-going.

WNBC.com will provide more details as soon as they become available.