Police are looking for the gunman who fatally shot a 25-year-old in Queens on Monday.
According to the investigation, the shooter fired off multiple rounds outside 40-35 21st St. in Long Island City at around 10 p.m. — hitting Joseph Valdez several times.
Paramedics rushed Valdez to Weill Cornell Medical Center, where doctors pronounced him dead.
The suspect, meanwhile, fled the scene before cops arrived.
No arrests have yet been made, and the investigation remains ongoing.
Police did not release a suspected motive for the shooting, or details about the shooter.
Between Jan. 1 and Nov. 12, when the most recent NYPD data is available, cops recorded 1,007 victims of gun violence on the streets of the five boroughs.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website, on Twitter @NYPDTips.
