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Queens Bar Shooting Kills 34-Year-Old as Police Hunt Gunman

Detectives are pursuing tips after seizing a truck seen in cellphone video from the scene.

Overview

  • Police say the shooting erupted around 1:45 a.m. inside El Catracho Sports Bar at 184-15 Jamaica Avenue in Hollis, Queens.
  • Authorities identified the victim as 34-year-old Denis Nunez of South Jamaica, who suffered gunshot wounds to the stomach and left shoulder and was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital.
  • Investigators report an argument inside the bar escalated before the fatal gunfire.
  • The suspect fled west on Jamaica Avenue immediately after the shooting, and no arrests have been announced.
  • Cellphone video shows bystanders loading the victim into a truck that police later processed for evidence, and the NYPD is urging tips to Crime Stoppers by phone or online.