A masked teenager is being sought for allegedly bringing a gun to an afterschool melee in St. Albans and using it to send nearly a dozen youngsters running for their lives while setting off a tragic chain of events on Monday afternoon in which a Cambria Heights man was killed and a woman was critically injured.
Homicide detectives out of the 113th Precinct have identified a suspect who is being sought for firing a half-dozen shots at an alleyway of a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen at 117-13 Farmers Blvd. just before 5 p.m.
One of the bullets struck a 66-year-old man in the head as he was driving past, police said. The victim lost control of his gray 2014 Nissan SUV and struck a 23-year-old woman who was walking in the crosswalk at 117th Road and Farmers Boulevard. The SUV mounted a curb and smashed into the front of a vacant storefront, which was home to a shuttered 7-Eleven across 117th Road from the Popeyes.
Police from the 113th Precinct in Jamaica responded to a 911 call of shots fired at the location and found the motorist with a gunshot wound to the head. FDNY helped to extricate him from the wrecked vehicle, and EMS rushed him to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead a short while later, police said.
The victim was later identified as 66-year-old William Alcindor of 114th Avenue in Cambria Heights. The 23-year-old woman sustained injuries to her legs and was transported by EMS to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where she was listed in stable condition.
The NYPD released a photo of the suspect early Tuesday morning and described him as having black hair, a medium complexion, a slim build, approximately 150 pounds and being 15-18 years old. He was last seen running eastbound on 117th Road toward 192nd Street. The sought-after teen was wearing a black facemask, a black t-shirt, black Nike sweatpants and white sneakers, and he appeared to be carrying a red backpack with black straps.
There have been no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing.
Anyone with information regarding this homicide investigation is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are kept confidential.
Through Sept. 15, the 113th Precinct has reported nine shooting incidents so far in 2024, two fewer than the eleven reported at the same point last year, a decline of 18.2%, according to the most recent CompStat report.
