Overview
- Ho “Alex” Shin, 43, was returned to New York by the U.S. Marshals after his December 2025 arrest in South Korea.
- He was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on an indictment charging two counts of second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, and multiple assault and weapons offenses.
- Justice Jessica Earle-Gargan remanded him without bail and set a Feb. 17 court date, and Shin pleaded not guilty.
- Prosecutors say the 2002 attack inside a Flushing apartment followed a night out and retaliation for a perceived insult, killing Hyun Dae Kim and wounding Hyun Suk Yu.
- Authorities say Shin fled through Boston and Washington, D.C., lived in South Korea for more than two decades, and now faces up to 50 years to life if convicted.