Crime & Safety

Woman Killed, Man Shot Multiple Times Before He Drives To Queens Cops

Clarisa Burgos, 28, died after being shot in the head in a Richmond Hill shooting that left a man, 39, injured, police said.

A woman died and a man suffered several gunshot wounds in a Queens shooting late Tuesday, police said.
A woman died and a man suffered several gunshot wounds in a Queens shooting late Tuesday, police said. (Peter Senzamici/Patch)

QUEENS, NY — A man suffering from multiple gunshots drove himself and a mortally wounded woman to a Queens police station, authorities said.

The woman — Clarisa Burgos, 28 — was declared dead at the NYPD's 103th Precinct, where a 39-year-old man drove them both after a late Tuesday shooting, police said.

Medics rushed the man to Jamaica Hospital in stable condition, officials said.

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The dramatic rush for help followed a shooting that unfolded at 127th Street and Liberty Avenue in Richmond Hill, police said.

Details were scant as of Wednesday morning, but it appears the woman was shot in the head while the man suffered several gunshots to his torso, authorities said.

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