{"id":239917,"date":"2026-05-21T23:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/239917\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T23:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:02:10","slug":"man-75-found-dead-near-queens-lake-was-killed-nypd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/239917\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 75, found dead near Queens lake was killed: NYPD"},"content":{"rendered":"

QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) \u2014 Authorities have ruled the death of a 75-year-old man found near a Queens lake earlier this week a homicide, police said.<\/p>\n

Albert Itzkowitz<\/a>, 75, was found with gunshot wounds to the neck and back near the Kissena Lake shoreline just before 5 p.m. Monday, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n

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The medical examiner ruled the death a homicide, cops said Thursday.<\/p>\n

A description of the suspect was not available. The NYPD is offering a $3,500 reward in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n

\"Albert<\/p>\n

Albert Itzkowitz, 75, was found dead near a Queens lake on May 18, 2026. (Credit: NYPD)<\/p>\n

Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting\u00a0crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).<\/p>\n

Mira Wassef is an award-winning reporter who has covered news and sports in the NYC area for more than a decade. She joined the PIX11 News digital team in 2022. See more of her work here.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n

For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) \u2014 Authorities have ruled the death of a 75-year-old man found near a Queens lake…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[27718,9,24,63,103,122,124,93777,123],"class_list":["post-239917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-gunshot-wounds","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-lake","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239917","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=239917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}