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In this Nov. 21, 2012 photo, police escort Salvatore Perrone, center, from New York's the 67th Precinct. Perrone, a New York City garment salesman accused of systematically shooting three Middle Eastern shopkeepers to death, was taken into custody Wednesday in the suspected serial killings. A pharmacy worker recognized Perrone, 63, as the balding man shown in surveillance footage leaving the scene of the most recent shooting on Nov. 16, police said. (VosIzNeias.com, Shimon Gifter)

Brooklyn, NY - A Staten Island man accused of killing three Brooklyn shopkeepers was indicted Tuesday on first degree murder charges.

Salvatore Perrone, 64, appeared in Brooklyn Criminal Court to face charges that he shot and killed the men between July and November.

Investigators found a duffel bag in Perrone’s girlfriend’s apartment containing a rifle that matched shells found where the store keepers were killed, police said.

Mohamed Gebeli, 65; Isaac Kadare, 59; and Rahmatollah Vahidipour, 78, were all found dead inside their stores. The men were of Middle Eastern descent.

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