Brooklyn’s Thomas Abreu was arraigned Monday in Queens Supreme Court for his alleged shooting spree that left a Richmond Hill grandfather dead and wounded to others on July 8.
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A Brooklyn man was arraigned Monday, July 31, in Queens Supreme Court on an indictment charging him with murder and five counts of attempted murder after allegedly going on a shooting rampage while riding a scooter through Richmond Hill, leaving an 86-year-old grandfather dead and wounding two others on the morning of July 8.
Thomas Abreu, 25, of Elton Street in Cypress Hills, was arraigned before Queens Supreme Court Justice Ushir Pandit-Durant after he was indicted by a Queens grand jury on July 19 on a 14-count indictment charging him with murder in the second degree, five counts of attempted murder in the second degree, two counts of assault in the first degree, three counts of attempted assault in the first degree, two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree.
According to the charges, Abreu allegedly began his reign of terror around 11:26 a.m. on July 8, at 108th Street and Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill, where he was observed by video surveillance cameras and an eyewitness riding a scooter and wearing a green shirt and a fanny pack on his shoulder. He approached 86-year-old Hamod Saeidi and shot him in the back. Saeidi, a married father of six, was rushed by EMS to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he later died.
At approximately the same time and at the same location, Abreu, still riding a scooter, fired at a pedestrian walking a dog on the sidewalk and at another pedestrian crossing the street. Neither pedestrian was struck. The shootings were captured on video surveillance, according to the charges.
Moments later, video surveillance showed Abreu on 126th Street and Hillside Avenue. He pulled his scooter up next to a parked minivan and shot the driver at close range…
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