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Man fatally shot in head in NYC drive-by is believed to be harmless bystander

Man fatally shot in head in NYC drive-by is believed to be harmless bystander


A 66-year-old man, believed to be an harmless bystander, was killed in an Upper Manhattan drive-by capturing Tuesday night time, cops mentioned. 

Reda Girgis was standing on the intersection at West 162nd Street and Broadway in Washington Heights round 7:10 p.m. when he took a bullet to the pinnacle, police mentioned. 

It appeared he was not the supposed goal, authorities mentioned. 


Investigators don’t imagine Girgis, who lived on the nook the place he was shot, was the supposed goal.
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A blood trail is seen at the scene of the shooting at West 162nd Street and Broadway in Washington Heights.

The lethal gunfire got here from a grey SUV, sources mentioned.
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Witnesses instructed investigators that the suspects have been firing rounds out of a darkish grey SUV, probably an Audi with New Jersey plates, when Girgis was struck, police sources mentioned.

The automobile fled south on Broadway, cops mentioned. 

Girgis — who lived on that very same nook — was rushed to Metropolitan Hospital Center, the place he was pronounced dead, cops mentioned. 


The taped-off scene in front of a deli at West 162nd Street and Broadway.
No arrests had been made within the capturing by Wednesday morning.
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No arrests have been made, and the motive for the capturing — and who could have been focused — weren’t instantly identified. 

One bullet fragment was recovered on the scene, the sources mentioned.

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