The 33-year-old French lifestyle guru and cryptocurrency expert was shot multiple times in the legs and groin when a man tried to steal his six-figure designer watch in downtown New York on Friday.
Pierrick Jamot, visiting from Hong Kong, was exiting an Uber with his model wife, Sarah Watts, 26, and another person at their Midtown hotel when a man approached them and demanded that Jamot hand over his designer watch to New. It is reported by the York Post.
Jamot told police that the man opened fire before he could react, hitting his legs and groin and causing him to fall to the ground as the man tried to rob him.
Police said another person who was with Jamo, a 25-year-old woman, jumped on the gunman’s back to try and stop him before the gunman pushed her and fled.
NYPD officials said five shell casings were recovered from the scene and that Jamot had multiple entry and exit wounds on both legs.
Pierrick Jamot, 33, (pictured in an ambulance) was shot multiple times in his legs and groin during an attempted robbery outside his New York hotel on Friday.
Jamot was with his wife, Sarah Watts, 26 (pictured together), at the time of the attack. Jamot said the burglar demanded his luxury Richard Mille watch, which he wears above.
The attack happened on Friday evening when the couple and another woman exited an Uber outside the Fifty Hotel and Suites in Manhattan.
Police said five shell casings were found at the scene of the shooting.
Jamot, 33, is a French-born cryptocurrency specialist who traveled from Hong Kong with his wife, Watts, an Australian model.
He was taken to the nearby Bellevue Hospital, where his condition is said to be stable.
Police are currently investigating the case and looking for the suspect, who remains at large.
Jamo is based in Hong Kong as the founder of Hi, an online banking platform focused on cryptocurrencies, savings and investments. His company biography lists him as a “lifestyle guru”.
He and his wife, an Australian model, enjoy luxury on Jamo’s Instagram accounts, traveling through Hong Kong, South America and even Ukraine.
The entrepreneur worked in Paris, New York and London as a derivatives trader before settling in Hong Kong to launch his cryptocurrency company in 2019, according to Time Bulletin.
Jamo was wearing a luxury Richard Mille watch when the attack took place on Friday.
The average cost of a watch is $200,000, with some models costing as much as $1.3 million.
Some watches from the Swiss company are produced in limited editions and are made from high-tech materials, including an alloy developed by NASA.
Police said a 25-year-old woman accompanying Zhamo jumped on the shooters’ backs. The assailant pushed her away and fled while the police continued to search for him.
Jamo is often portrayed on social media as living a luxurious lifestyle.
Jamo, whose company biography lists him as a “lifestyle guru”, is pictured at a bar in Peru as he often shares photos of him and his wife traveling around the world.
Zhamo lives in Hong Kong with his wife, where he founded his company Hi in 2019.
Jamo was wearing a Richard Mille watch during the robbery. The average cost of a watch is $200,000, with some models costing as much as $1.3 million.
The robbery attempt comes as New York City is recovering from the February crime wave, with incidents up nearly 60 percent from last year.
The city’s latest crime figures show there were 9,138 incidents last month, compared to 5,759 in the same period in 2021, with spikes in double digits in nearly all major categories.
There were 32 murders in February, three more than in the same month last year.
Many other categories saw a shocking jump, including car theft, which rose nearly 105 percent; grand larceny, which jumped nearly 80 percent from the previous year; robberies, which rose by 56 percent; A 44 percent increase in burglaries and a 22 percent surge in assaults. Rape also rose by a staggering 35 percent in February.
As of March 19, robberies continued to rise, with 3,044 reports so far, up 43.5% from the same period last year.
The number of attacks is also up more than 17 percent, rising from 3,210 to 4,257 this year.
The number of shooting victims increased from 220 to 241, up more than 9 percent compared to the same period last year, while the number of rapes increased by almost 35 percent, with 333 cases so far.
Although the number of homicides has fallen by about 7 percent, and only 76 homicides have been reported this year, the total number of crimes has risen by more than 47 percent.
New Yorkers also reacted with horror to a number of high-profile incidents, including the brutal hammering of a woman by a homeless man in Queens and the smearing of another woman’s feces in the Bronx, after which the alleged perpetrator, a violent criminal with 44 arrests in history, was released without bail.
These incidents were in addition to the murder of Asian Christina Yuna Lee, 25, who was chased to her apartment by another homeless man, Assamad Nash, 35, and stabbed to death.
On Wednesday, Christian Jeffers, 48, who identifies as a woman, was arrested on charges of assault, aggravated stalking and threats as hate crimes, and one count of criminal possession of a weapon in a brutal attack on 29- summer man. happened Tuesday at the 14th Street subway station in Manhattan.
Jeffers, wearing a black wig and purple lipstick, was caught on video hitting a stranger in the head with a hammer after they bumped into each other and then exchanged words.
The wave of crime came in the first few months of Mayor Eric Adams’s tenure. The former NYC cop has vowed to stem the tide of incidents on the city’s streets and subway system, which has seen a slew of violent incidents in recent weeks. Former Mayor Bill De Blasio’s policies have contributed to the current crime wave, experts say.
The New York City subway has become the epicenter of a hidden crime wave after an alarming 73.3 percent increase in underground accidents, including 182 in February alone.
Hate crimes also doubled from last year, with attacks against Asians more than tripling and complaints against Jews up a whopping 54 percent year-over-year, from 134 to 207 incidents.
One recent poll showed that nearly 75 percent of all New York City voters consider crime to be a “very serious” problem.