Times Square CVS worker, 46, charged with murder was 'acting in self-defense' mom insists

A CVS worker charged with stabbing an alleged serial shoplifter to death in a Times Square store was acting in self defense, his mother insists.   

Scotty Enoe, 46, allegedly killed a 50-year-old homeless man during a fight in the store on 49th and Broadway early on Thursday morning. 

'The guy came in and started arguing with Scotty. Next thing you know, Scotty was on the ground. He acted in self-defense,' the suspect's mother, Lucille Enoe, told the Daily News. 

'When the guy threw him down and started beating him up, Scotty stabbed him' the 72-year-old explained.

Police said the fight broke out after Enoe attempted to stop the vagrant from stealing Gatorade and a container of creamer from the Broadway and West 49th Street store at around 12:30am.  

Scotty Enoe allegedly killed a 50-year-old homeless man, he has been charged with murder

The fight took place in a CVS store on Broadway and West 49th Street store at around 12:30am on Thursday 

After being punched, Enoe allegedly whipped out a knife and fatally stabbed the man in the torso.

Police were called to the scene for a reported robbery-in-progress but the stabbing had already taken place when they arrived. 

The injured man was taken by Emergency Medical Service to NYC Health and Hospitals Bellevue where he was pronounced dead.

The identity of the deceased is pending proper family notification.

Enoe, from Brooklyn, was taken into custody at the scene and later charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

'It’s frustrating and depressing that my son has been charged. My son was defending himself,' Enoe's mother, who spoke to her son from the precinct, argued. 

The homeless man, who was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital, had more than a dozen previous shoplifting arrests to his name and was known to target drug stores in Upper Manhattan, sources told the New York Post. 

'That’s his MO, he targets CVS and Walgreens,' a police source told the publication.  

Enoe immigrated to the US ten years ago from Grenada, according to his mother.

His sister, who declined to give her name, told the Daily News her brother is a 'dedicated' person who has previously not been in trouble with law enforcement. 

'He works two jobs and he’s never been in trouble. All he does is work' she said. 

'He goes from one job to the next, he’s dedicated to hard work and his family. He helps people' she added.

A spokesperson for the NYPD said: 'The investigation remains ongoing and the identity of the deceased is pending proper family notification.'