Scooter Shooter Indicted In Queens, Brooklyn Shooting Spree: DA

QUEENS — The scooter-riding gunman who killed an elderly man amid a multi-borough shooting spree earlier this month was indicted Monday, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.

Thomas Abreu, a 25-year-old from Brooklyn, was indicted by a grand jury for fatally shooting Hamoud Saeidi, 86, and wounding three other people during a violent rampage in Brooklyn and Queens on the morning of July 8, according to police and prosecutors.

“The scourge of gun violence continues to steal family, friends, and loved ones from our communities, leaving fear and misery in its tragic wake," Katz said.

Abreu could face a life sentence if convicted on charges that include murder, weapons possession, and assault, prosecutors said.

The spree began in Cypress Hills where video footage caught Abreu shooting a pedestrian in the back on Ashford Street and Arlington Avenue about 11:10 a.m. prosecutors said.

Abreu was next seen about 15 minutes later on 108th Street and Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill, where he fatally shot Saeidi in the back, the District Attorney said.

In the moments that followed, Abreu shot at a pedestrian on the sidewalk then sped toward 126th Street and Hillside Avenue where he shot the driver of a parked minivan in the head, prosecutors said.

Abreu next shot a pedestrian in the shoulder on 134th Street and Jamaica Avenue about 11:30 a.m., prosecutors said.

Cops caught up with Abreu on his scooter less than two hours later on Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue in Jamaica, according to prosecutors.

Police chased Abreu down and caught him carrying a pistol, the district attorney said.