A 15-year-old boy was arrested early Wednesday morning and booked at the 113th Precinct in Jamaica in connection to the fatal shooting of a Cambria Heights father of three in St. Albans on Monday afternoon.
The youngster, who was not identified because he is a juvenile, was charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon for shooting William Alcindor, 66, as he was driving on Farmers Boulevard just before 5 p.m. on Monday.
The teenager pulled out a handgun and fired several times during an afterschool melee at an alleyway alongside a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen at 117-13 Farmers Blvd. One of the shots struck Alcindor in the head, causing him to lose control of his gray 2014 Nissan SUV, which 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 Alcindor with a gunshot wound to the head. FDNY helped to extricate him from the wrecked vehicle, and EMS rushed Alcindor to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead a short while later, police said.
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. An NYPD spokesman on Wednesday afternoon could not provide any details on how the 15-year-old gunman was arrested.
