{"id":305583,"date":"2026-07-25T18:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T18:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/305583\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T18:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T18:10:08","slug":"horror-in-queens-gunman-allegedly-shoots-family-sets-fire-to-home-cops-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/305583\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror in Queens: Gunman allegedly shoots family, sets fire to home, cops say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4552.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Horror in Queens: Gunman allegedly shoots family, sets fire to home, cops say 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A massive police investigation is underway in Queens after several people were shot in a home and an explosion injured dozens.<\/p>\n<p>Citizen <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>A massive police investigation is underway in <a href=\"https:\/\/amny.com\/queens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Queens<\/a> after a gunman allegedly shot his family, then set their home on fire \u2014 leading to an explosion that left more than a dozen people injured.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the shooting victims were reported to have died of their injuries.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to sources familiar with the investigation, police from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd101pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">101st Precinct<\/a> were called to 2533 Oceancrest Blvd. in Far Rockaway after reports that a 33-year-old man had opened fire in his home, critically wounding people.<\/p>\n<p>When cops arrived, sources said, the officers learned that the suspect was armed with a shotgun \u2014 leading police to radio for backup from the Emergency Service Unit.\n<\/p>\n<p>During the standoff, sources say the gunman set the building ablaze, causing an explosion that rapidly spread fire throughout the home and nearby buildings.\n<\/p>\n<p>The armed suspect then attempted to leave the residence, sources said, when he was shot by police. He was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition.\n<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, at least one dozen people were injured in the fire and two are dead from gunshot wounds. These victims are believed to be members of the gunman\u2019s own family.\n<\/p>\n<p>Police and FDNY officials are on the scene investigating and are asking the public to stay clear of the area.\n<\/p>\n<p>This is a breaking story, check back with amNewYork later for updates.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A massive police investigation is underway in Queens after several people were shot in a home and an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[39081,303,27259,259,9,24,55,54,56,103,22878,1096],"class_list":["post-305583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-101-precinct","tag-crime","tag-domestic-dispute","tag-murder","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-nypd","tag-police-involved-shooting","tag-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305583","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=305583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}