Queens, NY – Police Believe Man Arrested Shot NY Imam, Friend

    2

    A crowd of community members attend a prayer service in a mosque as they gather for the funeral service of Imam Maulama Akonjee in the Queens borough of New York City, August 15, 2016.  REUTERS/Eduardo MunozQueens, NY – Police say they’re fairly certain they’ve arrested a man who killed a New York imam and his friend.

    Join our WhatsApp group

    Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email


    The NYPD’s chief of detective tells reporters on Monday the 36-year-old man is being held on charges he struck a bicyclist 10 minutes after the shooting.

    Robert Boyce didn’t release the man’s name. He hasn’t been charged in the double slaying.

    But Boyce says surveillance footage shows the man speeding away from the scene of the Saturday shooting near a Queens mosque in a black GMC Trailblazer.

    He says 10 minutes later, that car also struck a bicyclist 3 miles away in Brooklyn.

    Detectives arrested the man Sunday night in the hit-and-run accident.

    Authorities don’t know what prompted the daytime shooting of Imam Maulama Alauddin Akonjee and Thara Uddin.


    Listen to the VINnews podcast on:

    iTunes | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Podbean | Amazon

    Follow VINnews for Breaking News Updates


    Connect with VINnews

    Join our WhatsApp group


    2 Comments
    Most Voted
    Newest Oldest
    Inline Feedbacks
    View all comments
    7 years ago

    Notice how the left wing press won’t release the name because they want to prolong the opportunity for the lying anti Trumpers to continue blaming him for this!

    kenyaninwhitehouse
    kenyaninwhitehouse
    7 years ago

    #1 I noticed it also, though the guy is Hispanic somehow it has to do with those evil Republicans.