A 29-year-old man was shot to death early Tuesday inside a popular Queens burger bar restaurant, police said.
MTA bus driver Demitri McKay Jr. 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.
His heartbroken father, Demitri McKay Sr. posted on Facebook that his son was at the “wrong place, wrong time” and killed for “no reason.”
“My heart is broken into a million pieces,” he wrote. “(He was) a great man who loved the lord with all his heart.”
The victim joined the MTA in 2024, according to public payroll records. He had no criminal history, cops say.
“Ordinarily he stays home because he was a home body,” his grieving dad posted. “(Last) night he decided to go out with his girlfriend.”
“Total tragedy struck him and my family,” he added. “I’m so broken. (God) please strengthen my family and I because this one really hurts.”
Medics rushed McKay Jr. to Jamaica Hospital, where he died a short time later. He lived in Queens Village.
The 6-foot-2 McKay Jr., who enjoyed working out and keeping fit, would have turned 30 in August, his father said.
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.
With Colin Mixson