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Suspect identified in Jax Hgts homicide

By Bill Parry

JACKSON HEIGHTS—Police have identified a suspect in a May 5 fatal shooting on Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights. The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in finding Raul Zamora, 33, who police say allegedly shot Jorge Manzanarez, a 38-year-old Corona man. Police from the 110th Precinct discovered Manzanarez with a gunshot wound to the torso at 93-12 Roosevelt Ave. in broad daylight. He was transported to Elmhurst Hospital Center where he was pronounced dead. NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said Zamora, a reputed member of the Sureno 13 gang, was with two other people when he shot Manzanarez following an argument.

Zamora is 5-foot-9 and weighs 145 pounds. The investigation continues.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.