A security guard at a Duane Reade in Midtown Manhattan was stabbed by a shoplifter who was trying to steal a can of soda on Thursday, according to police and sources.
The dutiful worker at the convenience store on Third Avenue and East 52nd Street spotted the stinky-fingered suspect and confronted him just before 3 p.m., the NYPD and sources said.
An argument ensued between the two and the suspect knifed the security in the hand and shoulder, cops said…