RIDGEWOOD TIMES/Photo by Anthony Giudice TIMESNEWSWEEKLY.COM Font: Engravers Old English Normal CleaNYC PLAN MUST HAVE LOCAL FOCUS: POL 2 MIDDLE VILLAGE SCHOOL TO GET EXPANSION 6 17 NYC's Largest Real Estate Section SPECIAL SECTION: EASTER CELEBRATION 50¢• VOL. 107, NO. 33 Since 1908 MARCH 17 - MARCH 23, 2016 Suspect in Ridgewood deli shooting takes his own life BY ANGELA MATUA AND ANTHONY GIUDICE editorial@ridgewoodtimes.com @ridgewoodtmes The suspect wanted for shooting two employees at Mike’s Deli Grocery in Ridgewood early in the morning of March 13 was found dead a short time later with a self-infl icted gunshot wound to the head, police said. According to police, the suspect, whose name has not been released, was spotted in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn driving a Nissan Maxima at around 3:30 a.m., an hour and a half after the original shooting. When the offi cers tried to stop the vehicle, they heard a gunshot and found the suspect slumped over the steering wheel. A 9-mm handgun was found inside the vehicle, law enforcement authorities confi rmed. Police reported that he was rushed to Interfaith Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The fi rst shooting occurred at about 1:53 a.m. at Mike’s Deli Grocery, located at 20-60 Gates Ave. According to the Daily News, the two men who were shot were employees. The suspect allegedly came in looking for another employee but was told he no longer worked there. He then proceeded to shoot the two employees currently working there. A 23-year-old male was shot in the face and sustained a graze wound, police said. The 20-year-old employee was shot in the right arm. Both men were taken to Elmhurst Hospital and are in stable condition. DELETING CRIMERidgewood learns about NYPD’s new crime-fighting tools See page 6 Capt. Mark Wachter of the 104th Precinct outlines CompStat 2.0 at 104th Precinct Council meeting. SPECIAL SECTION: CLAIRE SHULMAN AT 90 21
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