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101st Precinct
Far Rockaway and Bayswater
Police investigating fatal
Far Rockaway shooting
A man was shot to death in Far
Rockaway Wednesday, Sept. 23, according
to authorities.
Th e fatal shooting occurred at 5:42
p.m., when a 27-year-old man shot in
front of 207 Beach 31st St., police said.
Offi cers from the 101st Precinct found
the man with multiple gunshot wounds
to the chest.
Th e victim was rushed to St. John’s
Episcopal Hospital, where he was pronounced
dead. He has not yet been identifi
ed.
Th ere are no arrests in this case and
no description of any suspects as yet,
but it follows a string of shootings in Far
Rockaway that detectives say are gangrelated.
114th Precinct
Astoria, Long Island City,
Woodside and Jackson Heights
Motorcyclist dies after
fatal collision in Astoria
A motorcyclist died aft er colliding with
a minivan in Astoria on Wednesday,
Sept. 23.
Offi cers from the 114th Precinct
responded to a call regarding the collision
at the intersection of 33rd Street and
24th Avenue at approximately 9:15 p.m.
Wednesday night and found 27-year-old
Mariano Canales, of 58th Street, laying
in the road with trauma to his body.
EMS arrived at the scene and transported
Canales to Mount Sinai Hospital,
where he was pronounced dead.
An investigation by the NYPD Highway
District’s Collision Investigation Squad
determined that Canales was traveling
eastbound on 24th Avenue while operating
a 2020 Yamaha Chappy Scooter. He
was approaching the intersection at 33rd
Street — with no traffi c signal — when
he struck a white 2005 Chrysler Town &
Country, police said.
Th e minivan, operated by a 73-yearold
man, was traveling southbound on
33rd Street before stopping at a stop
sign and entering the intersection when
Canales struck the passenger side front
door of the vehicle, according to the
investigation.
Th e driver of the minivan remained
on the scene and was not injured, police
said.Th
ere have been no arrests and the
investigation remains ongoing.
109th Precinct
Flushing, East Flushing,
Queensboro Hill, College Point,
Malba, Whitestone, Beechhurst
and Bay Terrace
Driver fatally strikes
pedestrian in Flushing: NYPD
A motorist fatally struck a pedestrian
who was attempting to cross the street
outside of any marked crosswalks in
Flushing on Sept. 19, according to authorities.
Police responded to a 911 call regarding
the collision in the vicinity of College
Point Boulevard and Avery Avenue just
aft er 9 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19. Upon
arriving at the scene, offi cers from the
109th Precinct found 56-year-old Lujan
Quintero, of Parsons Boulevard, on the
ground with severe trauma to his body.
EMS arrived and transported Quintero
to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens
Hospital, where he died two days later
on Sept. 21.
An investigation by the NYPD Highway
District’s Collision Investigation Squad
found that the driver of a 2014 BMW
sedan was traveling northbound on
College Point Boulevard when he struck
Quintero, who was crossing the boulevard
from west to east in the middle of the
block, outside of any marked crosswalks,
police said.
Th ere have been no arrests and the
investigation remains ongoing.
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100th Precinct
Arverne, Belle Harbor, Breezy
Point, Broad Channel, Neponsit,
Rockaway Park, Rockaway
Beach, and Roxbury
Sanitation worker arrested
in Rockaways after punching
co-worker: NYPD
He really had to go.
A city sanitation worker was arrested
in the Rockaways Tuesday after hitting
his co-worker during an argument
about stopping for a bathroom break.
Andrew Nopper, 40, and his co-worker
were out picking up trash in a sanitation
truck on Tuesday, Sept. 29, around
9:20 a.m., on the Rockaway peninsula
when Nopper said that he had to use the
restroom, according to the police.
The co-worker didn’t want to stop
and the two began to argue, cops said.
As the argument escalated, Nopper,
who was sitting in the passenger seat,
reached over to the driver’s side and
took the keys out of the ignition as the
truck was in motion, according to the
NYPD.
When the co-worker attempted to put
the keys back in the ignition, Nopper
hit them with a closed fist in the right
arm, according to the authorities. The
co-worker suffered swelling and bruising
as a result of the punch, cops said.
Officers from the 100th Precinct soon
arrived and arrested Nopper, charging
him with assault and harassment.
The investigation is ongoing.
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