And he’s dead, Jim.<\/p>\n
Mugger who died trying to rob two men with a fake gun on Staten Island was out on parole<\/a><\/p>\n A man who died when he tried to rob two men on a Staten Island street with a fake gun was out on parole for attempted robbery at the time.<\/p>\n Robert Compton, 33, pulled a phony handgun on two 33-year-old men near Pacific Ave. and St Albans Pl. in Eltingville as they walked home from a bar around 1:55 a.m. Sunday, police and sources said.<\/p>\n Compton allegedly approached the men and told them to \u201cgive me all your s\u2014t,\u201d sources said.<\/p>\n One of the would-be victims grabbed the fake gun and the men fought back, tussling with the mugger and restraining him.<\/p>\n One of the men got behind Compton, grabbed him around the neck and pulled him to the ground while the other called 911, sources said.<\/p>\n During the struggle, Compton fell unconscious.<\/p>\n \u201cHe robbed us at gunpoint,\u201d one of the men told responding officers.<\/p>\n Police performed CPR on Compton before he was rushed to Staten Island University Hospital North, where he died.<\/p>\n The two other men were taken to the same hospital to be treated for minor injuries.<\/p>\n Compton had a lengthy rap sheet, including for grand larceny, robbery and assault, sources said.<\/p>\n He spent over four years behind bars for an attempted robbery charge and was paroled in December 2019.<\/p>\n A neighbor of one of Compton\u2019s targets believed he was in the \u201cwrong place, wrong time.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve known him since he was a little boy,\u201d said Richard Vitale. \u201cHe\u2019s a stand-up guy. I heard a rumor that he took karate. He\u2019s outgoing, he has a lot of friends.<\/p>\n \u201cHe gets along with everybody,\u201d the man continued. \u201cHe\u2019d be the last person I would think would be connected to this.\u201d<\/p>\n The victims\u2019 attorney said the men were \u201cclearly acting in self defense.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOur clients, two hard working young men, were the victims of a terrifying armed robbery by a career criminal,\u201d said Louis Gelormino. \u201cWe are grateful that the District Attorney\u2019s Office and the NYPD conducted a complete and thorough investigation of this matter. Our prayers go out to the family of the deceased.\u201d<\/p>\n The city Medical Examiner performed an autopsy on Compton\u2019s body, but said more tests would need to be done to determine his exact cause of death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" And he’s dead, Jim. Mugger who died trying to rob two men with a fake gun on Staten Island was out on parole A man who died when he tried to rob two men on a Staten Island street with a fake gun was out on parole for attempted robbery at the time. Robert Compton, … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-self-defense","category-slugs-for-thugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85726,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85725\/revisions\/85726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}