{"id":335567,"date":"2026-09-02T03:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T03:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/335567\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T03:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T03:24:12","slug":"cops-hunt-suspected-killer-who-shot-and-killed-woman-in-queens-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/335567\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops hunt suspected killer who shot and killed woman in Queens home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 38-year-old woman was killed with a gunshot wound to the head inside a Queens home, and cops have identified her suspected killer, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/nypd\/index.page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NYPD<\/a> officials and sources.<\/p>\n<p>Angelique Apostol\u2019s lifeless body was found inside the single-family home on 205th St. near 113th Road in St. Albans around 2 p.m. on June 24, police said.<\/p>\n<p>An autopsy later revealed she was killed by a gunshot wound to the head, and the city\u2019s Medical Examiner ruled her death a homicide.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Mark Washington, 55, is wanted in connection with the death of Angelique Apostol, 38, who was found dead inside a Queens home on June 24. (DCPI)\" width=\"766\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/RMA-2236-26-Homicide-113-Pct-6-10-26-Photo-2.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9208622\" \/>Mark Washington, 55, is wanted in connection with the death of Angelique Apostol, 38, who was found dead inside a Queens home on June 24. (DCPI)<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD released images of a suspect, 55-year-old Mark Washington, and is asking for the public\u2019s help in tracking him down.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe Washington shot and killed Apostol following an argument, according to law enforcement sources. The pair were known to each other, but the nature of their relationship was not immediately clear.<\/p>\n<p>Apostle lived in the Clifton section of Staten Island, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to call <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NYPD Crime Stoppers<\/a> at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 38-year-old woman was killed with a gunshot wound to the head inside a Queens home, and cops&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[259,9,24,63,103,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-335567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-murder","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335567","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=335567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}