A man using a fake gun tried to rob man at a West Hempstead motel on Tuesday night, Nassau police said. 
Dale Wright 48, pulled what appeared to be a silver handgun on a 29 year-old man in the hallway of the Courtesy Hotel on Hempstead Avenue, at 9:15 p.m., according to 5th Squad detectives.
Wright demanded the victim’s money, but a struggle ensued and the victim forced Wright to drop the gun before he fled the scene, police said. The victim told the hotel clerk to call the police before he gave chase.
After another struggle outside, the Wright climbed over a fence and got away again but was apprehended by Fifth Precinct police officers shortly later. The handgun, which was determined to be an imitation, was recovered on the floor in the hotel.
Wright was charged with attempted robbery.
