{"id":356655,"date":"2026-09-25T12:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T12:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/356655\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T12:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T12:58:00","slug":"nypd-hunts-shooter-wanted-for-killing-man-during-robbery-outside-queens-strip-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/356655\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD hunts shooter wanted for killing man during robbery outside Queens strip club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cops on Friday released images of the masked suspect who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/09\/24\/man-shot-to-death-by-crook-trying-to-steal-his-jewelry-outside-queens-strip-club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fatally shot<\/a> a man while trying to steal his jewelry outside a Queens strip club and are asking the public\u2019s help in tracking him down.<\/p>\n<p>Hector Figuereo, 45, was shot in the back by a robber who approached him from behind and demanded his jewelry outside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rivieranyc?stkn=MWN2YWRsdXc0M285dg==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Riviera Gentleman\u2019s Club<\/a> on Steinway St. near 34th Ave. in Astoria about 3:50 a.m. on Thursday, according to police.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Police released surveillance video images of a suspect in the deadly shooting outside Riviera Gentleman's Club on Steinway St. in Astoria on Thursday, September 24, 2026. They also released an image of a white Mercedes-Benz SUV they said he used to flee the scene. (NYPD)\" width=\"5333\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Suspect-in-shooting-split.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9253578\" \/>Police released surveillance video images of a suspect in the deadly shooting outside Riviera Gentleman\u2019s Club on Steinway St. in Astoria on Thursday, September 24, 2026. They also released an image of a white Mercedes-Benz SUV they said he used to flee the scene. (NYPD)<\/p>\n<p>Medics rushed Figuereo to Elmhurst Hospital, where he died.<\/p>\n<p>After shooting Figuereo, the gunman, who was wearing a hooded green Nike Tech sweatsuit, fled north on 37th St. in a white Mercedes-Benz SUV, police said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Police released surveillance video images of a suspect in the deadly shooting outside Riviera Gentleman's Club on Steinway St. in Astoria on Thursday, September 24, 2026. They also released an image of a white Mercedes-Benz SUV they said he used to flee the scene. (NYPD)\" width=\"1244\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Suspect-in-shooting-car.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9253577\" \/>Police released surveillance video images of a suspect in the deadly shooting outside Riviera Gentleman\u2019s Club on Steinway St. in Astoria on Thursday, September 24, 2026. They also released an image of a white Mercedes-Benz SUV they said he used to flee the scene. (NYPD)<\/p>\n<p>Figuereo lived in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The strip club\u2019s manager, who gave his name as Diego, told the Daily News Thursday that he was not convinced the slaying stemmed from a simple crime of opportunity because the gunman had waited for the victim inside the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way they just came in and were waiting for somebody like that, it has to be very personal,\u201d the manager said.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance images released by police show the gunman aiming his weapon as well as sitting outside the club, looking at his phone.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the slaying or the suspect is asked to call <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/nypd\/services\/see-say-something\/crimestoppers.page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime Stoppers<\/a> at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cops on Friday released images of the masked suspect who fatally shot a man while trying to steal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,122,124,123,265],"class_list":["post-356655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356655","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=356655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}