Police: Suspect who shot homeless men in NYC also wanted for shootings in Washington, D.C.

The New York Metropolis Police Division mentioned the suspect shot and killed one homeless man and wounded one other in separate avenue assaults Saturday morning.

The Metropolitan Police Division in Washington D.C. additionally introduced Sunday night time they’re on the lookout for the identical man.

The incidents within the nation’s capital occurred between March 3 and March 8. One of many victims in D.C. was shot and stabbed, then set on fireplace. He later died.

Between the 2 cities, there have been 5 shootings and two homicides.

Police in NYC mentioned a sleeping sufferer was shot in the proper arm within the SoHo neighborhood at roughly 4:30 a.m. He was transported to Bellevue Hospital and listed as steady.

In accordance with police, safety video confirmed the suspect, carrying all black and a black ski masks, approaching and capturing a person in a sleeping bag about 10 blocks away and 90 minutes after the primary assault. Police discovered the sufferer at roughly 4 p.m. Saturday and he was pronounced lifeless on the scene with a gunshot wound to the pinnacle and neck.

“The case is a transparent and horrific intentional act of taking the life of somebody, it seems, as a result of he was homeless,” Mayor Eric Adams mentioned at a information convention. “Two people have been shot whereas sleeping on the streets, not committing against the law however sleeping on the streets.”

Police additionally mentioned one other homeless individual was fatally shot on Murray Road within the metropolis’s TriBeCa neighborhood Sunday night time. Detectives try to find out if this capturing is linked.

A $10,000 reward is being supplied within the case.

Anybody with info in regard to the id of this male is requested to name the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

The general public may also submit their ideas by logging onto the CrimeStoppers web site at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @ NYPDTips.

Groups are at present additionally reaching out to homeless populations in Newark, New Jersey to alert them of the shooter.

The Related Press contributed to this report.