SOHO, Manahttan (WABC) — Police are trying to find a number of suspects after a person was shot and killed in SoHo exterior a stretch of high-end shops.
It occurred simply earlier than 5:30 a.m. close to Greene and Grand streets straight in entrance of Stone Island, a luxurious clothes retailer.
A bunch of males mugged the 31-year-old sufferer on the sidewalk earlier than one shot him in the suitable thigh.
The sufferer, recognized as Bayonne resident Javier Osorio-Mejia, was taken to Bellevue Hospital the place he later died.
The suspects acquired away in a black SUV.
The sufferer might have been out in Queens Monday evening and was driving via SoHo as he returned to house to Bayonne and he in some way interacted with the suspects.
Detectives imagine he was killed throughout an obvious theft gone dangerous. Blood-stained garments and a inexperienced pair of sneakers have been left on the bottom subsequent to a Vary Rover.
Individuals who have been exhibiting up for work later within the morning have been shocked.
“Fairly shocked that that is taking place, I have not skilled this earlier than,” mentioned Hannah Crary. “North of Canal issues are inclined to get fairly high-rent, so it is somewhat surprising.”
Police are canvassing the neighborhood’s companies and buildings for surveillance video of the suspects.
There has solely been one different taking pictures in SoHo this 12 months. It occurred on Could 5 when 16-year-old Makhi Brown was shot and killed whereas allegedly breaking apart an argument.
The NYPD says there have been 12 robberies thus far this 12 months in SoHo.
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