NYC dad dies of apparent medical episode after duo pummels, robs him of chain inside private cab: cops

A Brooklyn dad died of an apparent medical episode in the back of a private cab Tuesday evening — shortly after a violent duo pummeled him and robbed him of his chain, cops said. Michael Shelonchik, 53, was riding inside a cab around 6 p.m.on Neptune Avenue near West 5th Street in Brighton Beach when two muggers stormed up to the car, opened the door and began punching him in the face and head, authorities said. They then ripped his chain off his neck and bolted, cops said. Sheloncik asked the driver to take him home, but he appeared to have suffered a medical episode along the way, at Avenue Y and East 3rd Street, according to police and sources.He was rushed to Maimonides Medical Center, where he died, cops said.Sheloncik, a Brooklyn native, left behind two grieving daughters, including Taylor, 27, who told The Post she’d never imagine something so devastating happening to her dad. “This is crazy.

I’ve lived in New York my whole life,” Taylor said.“I was born and raised here…I’ve never experienced something like this.

My father was born and raised here.”“He knew the streets like the back of his hands.Never in life could we ever imagine something like this could happen to him.”Taylor described her dad as “a father every girl could dream of.” “It sounds cliché, but it is true,” she said.

“I feel like you only hear stories about these types of people because just the good die young.He was everything to us.

He did everything for us.He was a sole provider, the sole emotional rock, the sole everything.”“I’m 27 years old and the thought of moving out scared me because it’s like I can’t be without him,” Taylor added.

“We do everything together.We eat together every meal, we go grocery shopping together, we go to doctors’ appointments together, we do everything as a unit.”“We all have the same doctors.

We all have the same everything.We are very close.

We don’t have a big family.It’s just the four of us ...

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Publisher: New York Post

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