NYC shoplifter knocks out 77-year-old woman after robbing bookstore

Employees spotted a man snatching just $35 worth of the popular action figures from the 17th Street bookstore around 12:20 p.m. and tried to nab him, the New York Post reported.

When confronted by the employees, the thief rushed towards the exit with the stolen merchandise, knocking over the unidentified elderly victim who was entering the store in the process. Surveillance footage from the incident shows the man brutally slamming into the woman on the way out of the door, dropping her to the floor.

The woman was rushed to the nearby Bellevue Hospital, where she is listed as being in a stable condition, but with a head injury.

Police said that the suspect fled south in Union Square then turned east onto East 15th Street toward Irving Place.

The suspect was last seen wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, gray sweatpants and gray sneakers and was described as being in his 20s and about 5-foot-3 with a medium build, cops said.