FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM FEBRUARY 28, 2019 • THE QUEENS COURIER 21
Flushing men arraigned for alleged roles in J.H. gang murder
Screenshot via Twitter/@BidurBista1, insets courtesy of the NYPD
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
rpozarycki@qns.com
@robbpoz
Two men from Flushing have
been locked up for their alleged
roles in a deadly shooting at a
Jackson Heights train station
earlier this month.
Tito Martinez-Alvarenga,
19, of Linden Place and Victor
Lopez, 20, of 160th Street found
themselves in handcuff s on Feb.
21 aft er being questioned and
arrested by NYPD detectives.
Th ey were charged in connection
with the Feb. 3 execution
of Abel Mosso, 20, at the 90th
Street-Elmhurst Avenue station.
Mosso was attacked by a group
of young men on the station
platform, then fatally shot in
the head. Th e entire incident
was caught on camera in graphic
footage that circulated through
social media channels.
Previously, the NYPD arrested
Ramiro Gonzalez, 26, a reputed
member of the MS-13 street
gang, on Feb. 5 for his alleged
participation in Mosso’s murder.
According to law enforcement
sources, Gonzalez, Martinez-
Alvarenga and Lopez were part
of the mob that attacked Mosso
— a reputed member of a rival
gang — at about 12:45 p.m. on
Feb. 3 while they were on board
a Manhattan-bound 7 train that
pulled into the 90th Street station.
When the doors opened,
authorities said, the group
dragged Mosso off the train
and onto the platform, where
the assault continued. Before a
crowd of horrifi ed onlookers,
Gutierrez allegedly pulled out a
gun and opened fi re as Mosso
tried to rise to his feet. Th e shooting
occurred off camera, but the
recorded footage including several
popping sounds indicative
of gunfi re. Following the shooting,
the suspects fl ed the scene.
Officers from the 115th
Precinct and EMS units
responded to the shooting. Th ey
found Mosso with several gunshot
wounds to his head and
face; paramedics pronounced
him dead at the scene.
Martinez-Alvarenga and
Lopez were arraigned on Feb. 22
in Queens Criminal Court and
ordered held without bail; they
must return to court on March
8. Th ey were each charged with
second-degree murder, gang
assault, kidnapping and criminal
possession of a weapon; if
convicted, they could face up to
25 years to life behind bars.
© 2019 Ronald M. Dragoon
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