Hit Man Who Wore Hasidic Garb During Queens Murder Indicted: DA

QUEENS — A New Jersey hit man who donned Hasidic clothing and fatally shot a man in Queens has been indicted on criminal charges, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said Monday.

Ron Reeder, 53, faces murder charges after the shooting Jermaine Dixon on 132nd Street, near South Conduit Avenue, on Sept. 6, 2021, prosecutors said.

The brutal hit was caught on video shared by cops in the days following the shooting, and shows a man in clothing typically worn by Hasidic Jewish men who appears to be fixing his car.

Dixon can be seen getting into his parked car when the gunman runs up, shoots him in the head, and flees, the District Attorney said.

Reeder, from Teaneck, faces murder charges and is scheduled to return to court on March 14, prosecutors said.

He faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole, if convicted, Katz said.

Dixon had been out of federal prison for less than a year when he was murdered, according to New York Daily News, and he was a former member of the crack-dealing gang “Patio Crew” in Brooklyn.

Sources told the news outlet that the violence is believed to have stemmed from the narcotics trade.

Reeder had been previously arrested, once in 1986 and then again a few years after, before gaining parole in 2012, according to the report.