Bench honors slain City Island worker
BY JASON COHEN
Nearly a month
ago, City Island construction
worker Lizbeth
Mass was gunned
down in broad daylight
and shocked the
community.
In an effort to honor
her name, nonprofi t,
City Island Rising
Inc. is raising money
to dedicate a bench in
her honor at Bridge
Park (also known as
the Catherine Scott
Promenade).
Any additional
funds collected will
go towards a possible
tree donation or
will be donated to
her family to defray
any expense they incurred
during her
passing.
Police said the incident
happened on
City Island at about
12:29 p.m. on April
14 near the Veterans
Memorial Triangle at
the corner of City Island
Avenue and City
Island Road.
Jose Everaldo
Reyes — who was
supposedly the victim’s
ex-boyfriend —
allegedly shot Mass
multiple times while
she was working at a
construction site at
the time of the shooting,
according to CBS
New York.
Law enforcement
sources said Mass
died of her injuries a
short time later.
After the incident,
authorities say
that Mass’ then-boyfriend,
a 58-yearold
man, saw the incident
and spotted
Reyes hopping on a
bike in an attempt to
get away, before the
current beau rode
up to the suspect and
struck him with his
car, knocking him to
the ground.
Police reported
that the victim’s boyfriend
then got out of
the car and held the
alleged shooter down
until police arrived. City Island Rising is raising money to dedicate a bench in honor of Lizbeth Mass. Screenshot
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