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108th Precinct
Long Island City, Sunnyside and
Woodside
Chilling video shows killer
executing man in car on
Long Island City street
Resembling something out of a crime
drama, video footage that the NYPD
released Saturday night shows a cool
and calculated shooter executing a man
in Long Island City last week.
Police said the murder happened at
about 11:18 p.m. on Aug. 19 in front of
a luxury apartment building at 28-10
Jackson Ave. in Long Island City. Th at’s
where Joseph Bryan, 50, of Jackson
Heights was slain while sitting inside a
vehicle parked in front of the location.
Th e video, taken from the entrance
of a nearby parking garage, captures
Bryan’s alleged killer in the act. At
fi rst, the suspect casually walks into
the garage while apparently engaged in
a phone conversation. Bryan is seated
inside a parked sedan near the location.
Within seconds, the gunman — still
apparently on the phone — exits the
garage and walks toward the sedan.
He then reaches into his pants pocket
for a gun, then sprints up to Bryan’s
vehicle and blasts several shots at the
driver’s side.
Police said the shots shattered the
window and struck Bryan multiple
times about his arm and torso.
Law enforcement sources said the
gunman then entered a dark-colored
SUV, operated by another individual
waiting nearby, which fl ed the scene
along Queens Boulevard.
Offi cers from the 108th Precinct, in
responding to a 911 call about the
shooting, found the mortally injured
Bryan inside the vehicle. EMS rushed
him to Mount Sinai Queens hospital
in Astoria, where he died a short time
later.
As shown in the footage, the murderer
wore a dark blue hooded sweatshirt,
a black face mask, a white long-sleeved
shirt, black pants with white stripes
down the side, and black sneakers.
Anyone with information regarding
the deadly shooting or the suspect’s
whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers at
800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-
PISTA). You can also submit tips online
at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or on
Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls and messages
are kept confi dential.
103rd Precinct
Downtown Jamaica Business
District, Hollis Park Gardens,
Hollis, Lakewood and Jamaica
Police searching for two
men who drove off in a
man’s van as he unloaded
packages on Hillside Avenue
Police from the 103rd Precinct in
Jamaica are looking for two men who
pulled off a brazen van heist in broad
daylight on Hillside Avenue on Friday,
Aug. 13.
Th e NYPD on Aug. 20 released a surveillance
video that shows a 43-year-old
man offl oading his van in front of 168-
12 Hillside Ave. when two men jumped
into the van and drove off . Th e victim
gave chase as the van traveled eastbound
on Hillside Avenue and jumped into the
back of his van.
Th e two assailants struck him several
times with plastic containers and told
him to get out of the vehicle. Th e victim
complied and the two suspects sped off
in his van, police said.
Th e fi rst individual is described as a
light-skinned man with eyeglasses who
was last seen wearing a white T-shirt,
yellow shorts and black sneakers. Th e
second individual is described as a darkskinned
man who wore a black baseball
cap, a black shirt, black shorts and black
sneakers, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to
call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline
at 800-577-TIPS.
110th Precinct
Corona and Elmhurst
NYPD searching for group
of men who pulled off
several robberies in Jackson
Heights and Elmhurst
Police are searching for a group of men
who are believed to be involved in a series
of robberies within the 110th Precinct
in Elmhurst and the 115th Precinct in
Jackson Heights earlier this month.
In the fi rst incident on Aug. 5 around
4 a.m., three men assaulted a 25-year-old
man in front of 90-13 Roosevelt Ave. and
took his cellphone, along with $380 in
cash, before fl eeing in an unknown direction,
police said.
Th e following morning, just aft er midnight
in front of 89-45 Elmhurst Ave.,
a group of three to fi ve men assaulted
a 41-year-old man and took his wallet
before taking off in an unknown direction
.Th
e third incident occurred around 1 a.m.
on the morning of Aug. 12 in front of 89-52
Elmhurst Ave., where two men assaulted
an 18-year-old man and a 25-year-old man
and made off with the teenager’s sneakers
and cellphone. Th e assailants fl ed in an
unknown direction, police said.
Authorities on Aug. 20 released video
footage of the suspects, which was gathered
from the last two incidents.
Anyone with information is asked to
call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline
at 800-577-TIPS.
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