Armed suspect riding bicycle in NYC kills 80-year-old man returning home from party with wife
An aged man was shot useless in entrance of his wife Sunday morning on a New York City avenue by a ski-mask carrying gunman on a bicycle.
Marcelino Valerio, 80, and his wife had simply exited a automobile that was dropping them off close to their home when he was shot and killed outdoors 1209 Ogden Ave. in Highbridge at round 1:10 a.m., police sources informed the New York Post. Valerio, who lived about 10 blocks away, was returning from a Sweet 16 party in New Rochelle in Westchester County.
The suspect, who was dressed fully in black, together with a black ski masks, rode up subsequent to Valerio on the sidewalk and shot him twice – one of many pictures placing him point-blank in the pinnacle.
Surveillance footage obtained by the New York Post exhibits Valerio’s wife standing there horrified as two different panicked girls rush out of the automobile and desperately solicit assist from individuals round them.
An aged man was shot and killed Sunday morning on a avenue in New York City by a ski-mask carrying gunman on a bicycle. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg through Getty Images)
Shortly before the shooting, the gunman was allegedly seen on the surveillance footage riding previous the constructing in the opposite route earlier than circling again to the realm when the automobile pulled up.
After Valerio was shot, the suspect rode away on the bicycle and stays on the unfastened as of Sunday night time. Police haven’t but revealed a motive, if any, for the incident.
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New York City police haven’t but revealed a motive for the lethal incident. (iStock)
Valerio was described as hard-working and calm by the constructing superintendent for an handle the place he as soon as lived.
“He wasn’t out in the streets, he was a homebody,” the employee, Rafel De Leon, told the New York Post. “No problems ever arose with him. He was a marvelous person.”
De Leon mentioned Valerio had a wife and a daughter.