New York, July 9 (BNA): A gunman riding a motorcycle killed an 87-year-old man and wounded three others in a series of random shootings that stretched across two boroughs in New York City, police said Saturday.
Assistant Police Chief Joseph Kenney told a news conference that a 25-year-old man was arrested without incident, and police did not reveal his identity. A 9 mm pistol with an extended magazine and a scooter were recovered.
The New York Police Department pulled a photo of the gunman from videotape and sent it to the phones of officers, some of whom spotted the suspect about two hours after the first shooting, the Associated Press reported.
“We don’t know the motive. It appears his actions were random,” Kenny said.
In all, the NYPD said there have been five shootings carried out by someone on a motorcycle while on a spree, one in Brooklyn and four in Queens. No one was injured in any of the shooting incidents.
The shooting began around 11:10 a.m. when someone on a motorcycle shot a 21-year-old man in the shoulder in Brooklyn. Police said he was taken to hospital and is expected to survive.
Seventeen minutes later, an 87-year-old man was shot multiple times in the Richmond Hill area of Queens. He later died in hospital.
Shortly afterwards in Queens, witnesses reported that a man on a motorcycle shot randomly into a group of people, although no one was injured.
Eight minutes later, a 44-year-old man was shot in the face. He was in critical condition at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.
About a minute later, a 63-year-old man was shot in the torso. He was in stable condition in the hospital.
Mayor Eric Adams, a former New York City Police Captain, stressed the importance of getting guns off the streets.
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