'Baby, you got shot!' The moment eight-year-old boy took a bullet in front of his mother as he bought potato chips

A brave eight-year-old boy was shot on Tuesday night by a gunman who opened fire in a New York City deli - but he didn't even flinch.



Second-grader Armano Bigo with his mother, Ely Flores, at the Bronx bodega when a shot fired into her son's left shoulder.



Surveillence footage of the incident shows Armano turning in shock and gripping the wound, but he doesn't shed a single tear.

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Tough: The 8-year-old gripped his shoulder after being shot by a bicyclist at the New York City deli last Tuesday night

Innocent: Armano was selecting potato chips when the armed bicyclist fired a single bullet into the store sources say was meant for another patron

As the New York Post reports, the incident occurred at around 8:15pm at Papa Yala’s Deli & Grocery.

Armano was selecting potato chips from a shelf when an armed bicyclist fired a single bullet into the store sources say was meant for another patron.

Brave: Armano Bigo didn't even flinch when the bullet struck his left shoulder

Mrs Flores told the newspaper: 'I was screaming hysterically, and he said, "Mami, calm down, why are you crying, Mami?" I said, "Baby, because you got shot."'



Deli manager Mahmood Abdulrub told the Post he was working at the cash register when the scene erupted.

He said Armino and his mother had been inside mere minutes when the gun fired.



'He walked up to me holding his left shoulder and that’s when we noticed he’d been shot,' Mr Abdulrub said.



'That’s a tough little kid. He never screamed or cried - he was a very brave boy,' he told the Post.