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Video shows Jamaica Hills murder victim walking with suspects before he was shot (UPDATED)

Cops are looking for two individuals in connection with the Feb. 2 murder of a New Jersey man (in sketch) in Jamaica Hills.
Photos courtesy of NYPD

UPDATED Feb. 6, 5:45 p.m.

The NYPD released on Sunday security camera footage of the victim walking with two people believed to have been involved in his murder on Friday night in Jamaica Hills.

Officers from the 107th Precinct responded to a 911 call at 6:40 p.m. on Feb. 2 about a man assaulted in front of a home on 160th Street near 85th Avenue.

Upon their arrival, the cops found Oscar Antonio Blanco-Hernandez, 20, of Elizabeth, NJ, with gunshot wounds to his head and groin. Paramedics rushed the victim to Queens Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

On Sunday, they The New York Daily News reported that at least four shell casings had been found at the scene.

The dark video footage shown below shows the murder victim with two other individuals now wanted for questioning walking northbound on 160th Street at 6:31 p.m., nine minutes before the 911 call came in. Police said that one of the suspects is on the victim’s right, while the other is pictured walking behind him.

Later, the video cuts to the two persons of interest walking southbound on 160th Street toward Parsons Boulevard just before police arrived.

No arrests have been made at this time, and the investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information regarding the suspects’ whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA), visit their website or send a text message to 274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577. All calls and messages are kept confidential.