A 29-year-old man was shot to death early Tuesday inside a popular Queens burger bar restaurant, police said.
Demitri McKay was shot in the left arm inside Hangar 11 on Metropolitan Ave. near Lefferts Blvd. in Kew Gardens about 1:30 a.m., cops said. The bullet entered and exited his arm and wound up hitting his heart, police sources said.
Medics rushed McKay to Jamaica Hospital, where he died a short time later. He lived in Queens Village, according to cops.
Police investigate a fatal shooting on Metropolitan Ave. in Kew Gardens, Queens, on Tuesday. (Gardiner Anderson / New York Daily News)
Two men, one in a blue Nike track suit, the other wearing a pink hoodie, ran from the restaurant, witnesses told police. No arrests have been made.
Hangar 11 is open until 3 a.m. on Monday nights and has a lively bar scene.
Cops on Tuesday were scouring the area for surveillance footage that could help them track the shooting suspects down.
Police investigate a fatal shooting on Metropolitan Ave. in Kew Gardens, Queens, on Tuesday. (Gardiner Anderson / New York Daily News)
Police investigate a fatal shooting on Metropolitan Ave. in Kew Gardens, Queens, on Tuesday. (Gardiner Anderson / New York Daily News)