Security cameras show masked man seconds before he fatally shot man
Police have released surveillance video of the suspect involved in an early morning shooting early on Tuesday morning in Flushing that left a Long Island City man dead.
On Feb. 13, police released video of the suspect taken prior to the Feb. 12 incident in front of a metal works store in the area of 131st Street and Fowler Avenue.
The video shows the suspect walking on the street at about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. He encounters the victim, who is approaching a van that has pulled up, the suspect appears to pull out a firearm and runs toward the victim.
The video cuts off before the trigger is pulled.
Officers from the 109th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding the shooting and found 31-year-old Xin Gu with multiple gunshot wounds to his head and body.
EMS responded to the scene and took Gu to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police described the shooter as a man wearing a dark face mask and all dark clothing.{{file|t=C16Cn_1550172844}}
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