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Police said they had yet to establish a motive or find any
connection between the victims, who were all shot within half an
hour of each other during the rampage, which police said was
conducted on an illegal scooter.
"Video shows he's not targeting anybody, he's not following
anybody. As he's driving on the scooter he's randomly shooting,"
Assistant Chief Joseph Kenny of the New York City Police
Department told a press conference.
Video of the suspect captured from the first incident was sent
to every police officer's cellphone, and the 25-year-old suspect
was arrested less than two hours later by officers who
recognized him riding on a main thoroughfare.
Officers recovered a 9 mm handgun with an extended magazine and
additional ammunition, Kenny said.
The victim who died was an 87-year-old man shot in the back,
Kenny said. The New York Daily News, citing a friend of the
victim, identified him as Hamod Ali Saeidi, who walked several
miles every day to check in on family and friends.
The other victims were a 44-year-old man shot in the cheek who
was in critical condition, a 63-year-old man shot in the right
shoulder in stable condition, and a 21-year-old man who was hit
in the shoulder and was not as seriously wounded, Kenny said.
The suspect also fired at a group of people and missed. At each
location, 9 mm shell casings were recovered, Kenny said.
Police declined to identify the suspect but said he had one
prior arrest on his record.
(Reporting by Daniel Trotta; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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