Crime & Safety

Video: East New York Man Shot Dead In Point-Blank Queens Killing

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Surveillance footage caught the moment Peter Panthier was fatally shot in the head in Far Rockaway, according to police.
Surveillance footage caught the moment Peter Panthier was fatally shot in the head in Far Rockaway, according to police. (NYPD.)

EAST NEW YORK, BROOKLYN — Disturbing video shows the moment an East New York man was shot in the head in a point-blank killing in Queens, according to police.

Peter Panthier, 26, was walking with someone on Grassmere Terrace in Far Rockaway around 8 p.m. on Saturday when the person took out a gun and shot him in the head, according to police and video.

He was rushed to the St. John's Episcopal Hospital, where he died from his injuries, police said.

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The shooter can be seen running from the scene after the incident.

Panthier lived on Montauk Avenue in East New York, records show.

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Anyone with information in regard to the whereabouts of this individual is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.

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