Devastating video footage shows an 87-year-old man’s final moments on a Queens sidewalk after he was shot by a scooter-riding gunman who left three others wounded in a bloody spree.
The suspect, now in police custody awaiting charges, chose his targets at random during his 30-minute Saturday morning spree through Brooklyn and Queens, police say.
Video obtained by the Daily News shows the elderly victim walking down the sidewalk on Jamaica Ave. in Richmond Hill swinging a closed umbrella in one hand in the shadow of elevated subway tracks above.
He passes a man in a red shirt walking a dog and as he continues down the sidewalk the shooter rolls up behind him near 109th St., extends his arm and fires a shot from behind.
The dog walker runs off. The victim turns around, struggling to stand up as blood seeps through the front and back of his shirt.
After a few seconds, he doubles over, trying to keep himself on his hands and knees as a bystander approaches him and calls for help. The man collapses to the ground and more people gather around him.
Medics took the man to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. His name was not immediately released.
The man’s murder turned out to be one of five shootings during the scooter rider’s crazed spree, police said.
The violent rampage started at 11:10 a.m. at Arlington Ave. and Ashford St. in Cypress Hills, where the gunman shot a 21-year-old man in the shoulder.
That shooting was also caught on video obtained by the Daily News. It shows the victim crossing the street when the gunman zips past him and opens fire, sending him sprawling to the ground in the crosswalk.
The gunman next surfaced on…
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