Crime & Safety
Queensbridge Houses Murder Suspect Still At Large, Police Say
The NYPD released new surveillance photos of a man wanted for the fatal shooting at the Long Island City public housing complex.
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS -- More than a week after a 25-year-old East Elmhurst man was found dead outside Long Island City's Queensbridge Houses, the killer who shot him remains at large, police said.
Cops found Sharef Graham lying on the sidewalk unconscious and not breathing near the public housing complex on Vernon Bouelvard just before 8 p.m. on March 24, Patch previously reported.
Medics rushed Graham - who'd suffered bullets to his chest and thigh - to Mount Sinai Hospital, but doctors couldn't save him.
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On Monday, the NYPD released surveillance photos of a man believed to be behind Graham's slaying. Cops described him as a 20- to 25-year-old who weighs around 200 pounds and wears his hair in short braids. He was last seen wearing a black winter jacket over a bright red T-shirt.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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