{"id":131527,"date":"2026-02-12T18:28:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/131527\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T18:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:28:35","slug":"man-shot-to-death-inside-manhattan-7-eleven-killer-on-the-loose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/131527\/","title":{"rendered":"Man shot to death inside Manhattan 7-Eleven, killer on the loose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man was fatally shot in the neck inside a packed Hell\u2019s Kitchen 7-Eleven on Thursday morning by a masked gunman who is now on the loose, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Shoppers were perusing the aisles inside the corner chain convenience store at Eighth Ave. and W. 39th St. when a fight broke out inside about 10:30 a.m., cops and witnesses said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"NYPD detectives and officers investigate a fatal shooting inside a 7-Eleven at the corner W. 39th St. and 8th Ave. in Manhattan on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2026. (Barry Williams\/ New York Daily News)\" width=\"5000\" height=\"371\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TNY-Shooting-Williams-5291.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"8704798\" \/>NYPD cops investigate the fatal shooting inside a 7-Eleven at W. 39th St. and Eighth Ave. in Manhattan on Thursday. (Barry Williams\/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI opened the door and stepped in and inside of two seconds I heard an argument,\u201d said one shopper who wished not to be named. \u201cI heard \u2018P\u2014y! P\u2014y!\u2019 and then a bang and I turned on my heels and walked out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll these people came filing out after me,\u201d the shopper added.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"An FDNY EMT comforts a homicide witness as NYPD detectives and officers investigate a fatal shooting inside a 7-Eleven at the corner W. 39th St. and 8th Ave. in Manhattan on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2026. (Barry Williams\/ New York Daily News)\" width=\"5000\" height=\"452\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TNY-Shooting-Williams-5233.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"8704806\" \/>An FDNY EMT comforts a homicide witness after the fatal shooting inside a 7-Eleven at W. 39th St. and Eighth Ave. in Manhattan Thursday. (Barry Williams\/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n<p>Cops found the victim, believed to be in his 40s, shot in the neck and dead at the scene. Cops are working to determine his identity.<\/p>\n<p>The gunman, who was wearing a mask, green puffer coat, dark pants and a black backpack, ran out of the store and was last seen heading downtown on Eighth Ave. He has not been caught.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was fatally shot in the neck inside a packed Hell\u2019s Kitchen 7-Eleven on Thursday morning by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[262,263,266,85,267,75,9,24,264,12,63,261,122,124,123,265],"class_list":["post-131527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-manhattan","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}