{"id":192730,"date":"2026-04-10T21:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/192730\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T21:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:30:08","slug":"1-killed-in-shooting-near-queens-church-suspect-sought-nypd-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/192730\/","title":{"rendered":"1 killed in shooting near Queens church, suspect sought, NYPD says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man was shot and killed Friday just steps away from a church in Queens and police are searching for the suspect, the NYPD said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It happened on Sayres Avenue between Merrick Boulevard and 170th Street just before 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ramos-queens-shooting-ar-0410-hi-res-still.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"Crime scene tape and police vehicles near church \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  A man was shot and killed just steps away from a church in Queens on April 10, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>                CBS News New York<\/p>\n<p>According to police, a 49-year-old man was shot several times in the torso. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the suspect, described as a male wearing a colorful jacket, fled on a Citi Bike and is not yet in custody.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe it was a targeted shooting.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ramos-queens-shooting-ar-0410-hi-res-still-16-48-5513.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"Traffic cones around hearse \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Police appeared to be investigating a hearse after a deadly shooting in Queens.<\/p>\n<p>                CBS News New York<\/p>\n<p>The scene of the shooting is near The Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York and a local park. A hearse appeared to be part of the investigation. It is unclear if the shooting is connected to the church.<\/p>\n<p>The area of Merrick Boulevard and Sayres Avenue is closed to traffic as police investigate.  <\/p>\n<p>Stay with CBS News New York for the latest on this developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was shot and killed Friday just steps away from a church in Queens and police are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192731,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":{"0":"post-192730","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-headlines","10":"tag-new-york-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192730","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=192730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}