By Larry Celona

August 13, 2001 — A gun-toting thug got shot in the foot when a livery cabby resisted a robbery attempt in Queens, police said.

Cops said Damien Vernon, 19, approached a Red Carpet Car Service cab on the corner of Farmer’s Boulevard and 114th Avenue in Jamaica at about 9 p.m. Saturday.

Vernon hopped in the cab, pointed a .357 handgun at the front seat, and demanded money from the 43-year-old cabby, police said. The driver resisted and struggled with Vernon, police said. As the men fought, Vernon’s gun went off, hitting him in the foot, cops said.

Vernon fled, and was being treated for a gunshot wound at Long Island Jewish Hospital when cops arrived and arrested him, police said. The Queens resident was charged with robbery.

The driver was not injured.