Queens Woman Arrested In Deadly Hit-And-Run Of Disabled Man: PD

QUEENS, NY — A Queens woman who drove her car onto the sidewalk and fatally struck a man using a rolling walker has been arrested for murder, according to police.

Kiani Phoenix, 26, jumped the curb after getting into a fight with another woman near New Haven Avenue and Beach 20 Street Saturday about 7:15 a.m., police said.

Phoenix jumped into her Honda Accord, backed up onto the side walk and hit the gas, police said.

Phoenix hit Milton Storch, 59, then sped away on Beach 20 Street, leaving a fatally wounded Storch behind, police said.

Storch later died at St. John's Episcopal Hospital, said police.

Deli manager Angel Rosado witnessed the fight and said told Pix11 News the argument between the two women began in his store.

“Things went left,” Rosado told Pix11. “They started arguing here, they finished outside. Next thing you know, [Storch] was hit by a car.”

Surveillance video obtained by Pix11 implies that Storch was simply an unintended victim as the other woman was Phoenix's alleged target.

Phoenix was arrested Monday and now faces murder, attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon charges, according to police.