Suspect (NYPD)
March 1, 2018 By Tara Law
Police are looking for a suspect who fired shots inside a playground near the border of Long Island City and Astoria midday on Feb. 19.
The police received a report that an individual fired a gun three times around 12:40 p.m. inside Dutch Kills Playground, near the corner of 36th Avenue and Crescent Street.
The incident occurred two days after a newborn boy was found dead in a trash can near the same street corner.
The police, who released video of the suspect, did provide a detailed description of the suspect.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
