FLUSHING, Queens (WABC) — NYPD detectives are combing for clues after a man was found shot and killed in Queens on Monday.<\/p>\n
One shell casing was found next to the victim’s body, but no weapon was found. It’s a mysterious death, inside a quiet park, that NYPD detectives haven’t solved yet.<\/p>\n
Eyewitness News spoke to the victim’s friends, as they hold out hope that an arrest is made.<\/p>\n
“Kept to himself. He was not involved in any fights,” said a friend of the victim.<\/p>\n
Albert Itzkowitz, 75, a husband and father of five from Flushing, Queens, was found dead near Kissena Lake in Kissena Park, in broad daylight just before 5 p.m. on Monday. He was found with a gunshot wound to his neck and back.<\/p>\n
His childhood friend is in disbelief.<\/p>\n
“He was an amazing person, liked by everyone, beautiful marriage,” the friend said.<\/p>\n
A police vehicle remained parked outside of his home as detectives were at the scene outside of his temple across the street.<\/p>\n
Itzkowitz attended the temple for nearly 40 years. His rabbi’s wife learned of the news Monday night.<\/p>\n
“He was an amazing person. He was a quiet person, loved by everyone and if anyone needed a favor, he was there,” said the rabbi’s wife, Helen Oelbuam.<\/p>\n
She says his wife passed away three weeks ago from natural causes.<\/p>\n
“It was a tragedy in its own and now this,” Oelbuam said. “This is really… everyone is numb. We can’t believe it’s happened. It seems like a dream, a bad dream.”<\/p>\n
Friends and family have a yearning question for the gunman.<\/p>\n
“Why would you snuff out a life of such a loving caring, devoted, religious person that’s really beloved by his children, his grandchildren, his community, his rabbi, and all of us… sad,” said the victim’s friend.<\/p>\n
Police have added extra patrols in the park.<\/p>\n
So far, there is no motive, suspects or arrests.<\/p>\n
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