Crime & Safety

Man Arrested In Queens Quadruple Shooting That Left 1 Dead: NYPD

Eric Foster, 39, faces a murder charge on accusations he was the gunman in a brazen broad daylight Dec. 22 fatal shooting, police said.

A Queens quadruple shooting suspect was arrested this week, police said.
A Queens quadruple shooting suspect was arrested this week, police said. (Peter Senzamici/Patch)

QUEENS, NY — The gunman behind a Queens quadruple shooting that left one man dead is behind bars, police said.

Eric Foster, 39, was arrested Wednesday in connection to the holiday brazen broad daylight shooting in South Jamaica during the holiday, authorities said.

Foster faces a slew of charges, including murder from the death of Kenni Dunn, 29, who was one of four men shot Dec. 22, NYPD officials said.

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The shooting unfolded about 3:15 p.m. as Dunn and three other men — ages 29, 36 and 43 — stood along 143rd Street and 119th Avenue, police said.

A gunman — Foster, police contend — opened fire and peppered four with bullets, officials said.

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Dunn, who was shot in the back, was pronounced dead in Jamaica Hospital, where the other men were variously in critical and stable condition afterward, authorities said.

The investigation closed in on Foster, who was taken into custody on requested charges of murder, three counts of attempted murder, two counts of assault and eight counts of criminal possession of a weapon, police said.

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