Spumoni Gardens Murder: NYPD Release Video of Man Wanted for Questioning

Additional reporting by John Santore

GRAVESEND, BROOKLYN — NYPD have released video of a man wanted for questioning in the murder of Louis Barbati, 61, co-owner of L&B Spumoni Gardens in Gravesend.

Video of the man walking was captured near the scene of the homicide shortly before Barbati was killed.

According to the NYPD, a man named Louis Barbati, 61, was shot in the torso outside his Dyker Heights home at 7 p.m. Barbati was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

L&B was founded in 1939 by Italian immigrant Ludovico Barbati, according to the restaurant's website, and is renowned for both its spumoni, an Italian dessert, and its pizza.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.