Crime & Safety

Bayside Man Shot In The Face And Killed Outside Deli, Police Say

The victim was announced dead at the scene.

BAYSIDE, QUEENS — A man was shot dead outside a Flushing deli early Wednesday, police said.

Police found Fernando Gonzalez-Chavez, 39, from Bayside, outside 40-38 162nd St. shortly after midnight.

The NYPD said he had been outside the deli when a man ran up to him, shot him in the face and ran away.

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Gonzalez-Chavez was pronounced dead at the scene.

Nobody had been arrested and no motive for the killing was known as of Wednesday afternoon, police said.

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