{"id":356440,"date":"2026-09-25T05:26:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T05:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/356440\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T05:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T05:26:22","slug":"man-49-shot-dead-during-botched-jewelry-robbery-outside-nyc-strip-club-cops-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/356440\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 49, shot dead during botched jewelry robbery outside NYC strip club: cops, sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 49-year-old man was shot dead during a botched jewelry robbery outside a Queens strip club early this morning, cops and sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was in front of the Riviera Gentleman\u2019s Club at Steinway Street and 35th Avenue in Astoria around 3:50 a.m. when a masked mugger approached him from behind, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The brute tried to take the victim\u2019s jewelry before opening fire, hitting him in the back, law enforcement sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40977801\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-sources-say-man-40s-142339999.jpg\" alt=\"NYPD officers work the scene where a man was shot and killed during an attempted robbery outside Riviera's gentleman's club in Astoria, Queens, New York, United States on Thursday, September 24, 2026. Sources say that a man in his 40s, was approached by a suspect and was fatally shot after attempting to stop his jewelry from being taken. The gunman fled without any property. \" class=\"wp-image-40977801\"\/>The victim, 49, was shot by a would-be robber around 3:50 a.m. outside the Riviera Gentleman\u2019s Club at Steinway Street and 35th Avenue, cops and sources said. Kyle Mazza\/SOPA Images\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>The victim \u2013 who was not immediately identified \u2013 was taken to the Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.\u00a0\u00a0 Cops couldn\u2019t say if he had been patronizing the club. <\/p>\n<p>The gunman, seen wearing a black mask, fled empty-handed in a white vehicle and had not been caught several hours later, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Several years ago, two men <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/02\/24\/two-shot-during-fracas-in-queens\/#:~:text=The%20fracas%20broke%20out%20on,As%20the%20fight%20escalated%2C\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">were shot during a brawl <\/a>outside the same establishment \u2013 also in the pre-dawn hours, officials said then.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40977810\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-sources-say-man-40s-142340266.jpg\" alt=\"NYPD officers work the scene where a man was shot and killed during an attempted robbery outside Riviera's gentleman's club in Astoria, Queens, New York, on Thursday, September 24, 2026. A man in his 40s was fatally shot after attempting to stop his jewelry from being taken, and the suspect fled the scene.\" class=\"wp-image-40977810\"\/>Police are still investigating the deadly violence outside the hotspot, and no arrests have been made. Kyle Mazza\/SOPA Images\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>As the February 2018 fight escalated, a man pulled out a gun and opened fire, striking one victim, 33, in the torso, and another, 29, in the ankle, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>Both victims were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 49-year-old man was shot dead during a botched jewelry robbery outside a Queens strip club early this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3814,303,57,9,56,63,65,64,122,2955,3980,9157,58],"class_list":["post-356440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-astoria","tag-crime","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-queens","tag-robberies","tag-shootings","tag-strip-clubs","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356440","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=356440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}