Security Guard Safety Jeopardized in Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Shooting

The security guard safety levels at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel have come into question as a man pleaded guilty to shooting a hotel guard during an attempted jewelry heist.

On Tuesday, Rafael Rabinovich-Arda admitted that he shot security guard Gregory J. Boyle, 55, accidentally while trying to rob the hotel jewelry store. The defendant claims that his gun went off accidentally as the two men struggled.

Boyle, the security guard, is a retired New York City police detective. Mr. Boyle says that he still has fragments of the bullet from the hotel shooting in his chest.

As a result, Boyle continually experiences numbness and other after effects of the shooting. The defendant's lawyers are arguing that he was coerced into robbing the jewelry store because of his cocaine addiction, depression, and loneliness.