NYPD searching for gunman after deli worker shot during robbery on Lower East SideLOWER EAST SIDE (WABC) -- Police are searching for a gunman after a worker was grazed in the leg during an attempted armed robbery at a Lower East Side deli early Thursday morning. "He waited for the right opportunity until we were distracted, came behind the counter, started pointing the gun," the worker said. However, what is really needed is tougher penalties for illegal gun possession, according to the United Bodegas of America. He ran west when he came out of the store," said United Bodegas of America spokesperson Fernando Mateo. The United Bodegas of America is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest.