Panhandler fatally shot inside NYC 7-Eleven after asking gunman for money: sources

 A 40-year-old panhandler was shot dead inside a Midtown 7-Eleven after he held the door open for the gunman and asked him for money Thursday morning, cops and sources said.

The victim was blasted in the neck around 10:30 a.m. inside the convenience store on Eighth Avenue near West 39th Street, cops said.

NYPD sets up crime scene tape outside the NYC 7-Eleven where a man was shot to death Thursday morning.Matthew McDermott for NY Post

The 40-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.Matthew McDermott for NY Post

He was pronounced dead minutes later by EMS workers at the scene.

Before the shooting, the victim had been holding the door open for customers in hopes of getting money, the sources said.

Another man — who appeared to have known the door-holder — said something to him as he entered the store, according to the sources.

The victim then followed the aggressor inside as tensions flared, the sources said.

At one point, the victim grabbed a bottle off a shelf — appearing as though he was about to throw it at the other man — before the gunman opened fire, according to the sources.

The shooter — last seen wearing a face mask, green jacket, dark pants and a black backpack — fled on foot, heading south on Eighth Avenue, the sources said.

No arrests had been made by the early afternoon.

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