A 25-year-old has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting four people, killing one, from a scooter in Queens and Brooklyn on Saturday.
Thomas Abreu, 25, was arrested and faces several charges including murder, two counts of attempted murder and six counts of criminal possession of a weapon, according to a statement sent to CNN from the New York Police Department Sunday afternoon. One person died and three others were wounded Saturday in the rampage in Brooklyn and Queens, which police described as “random” in nature.
also determined that Abreu was involved in a previously unreported sixth shooting incident in Queens where he allegedly approached a 40-year-old man standing at the intersection of Jamaica Avenue and 131 Street and shot towards him before fleeing the area. The victim did not sustain any injuries, according to police.
previously announced that a 25-year-old suspect had been taken into custody and found with a 9 mm pistol and an extended magazine Saturday afternoon. “We don’t know the motive. It seems that this is actually random,” said Joseph Kenny, the assistant chief in the Acting Commissioner Edward Caban said officers were able to find and arrest the suspect by quickly distributing an image of him to all nearby
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