{"id":357366,"date":"2026-09-26T03:58:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T03:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/357366\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T03:58:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T03:58:20","slug":"new-images-show-gunman-suspected-in-fatal-shooting-during-botched-jewelry-heist-outside-nyc-strip-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/357366\/","title":{"rendered":"New images show gunman suspected in fatal shooting during botched jewelry heist outside NYC strip club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New surveillance images show the hooded, masked gunman suspected of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/24\/us-news\/man-49-shot-dead-during-botched-jewelry-robbery-outside-nyc-strip-club-cops-sources\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fatally shooting a man during a botched jewelry robbery<\/a> outside a Queens strip club \u2013 with one photo showing the moment he pulled the trigger.<\/p>\n<p>Hector Figuereo, 49, was in front of the Riviera Gentleman\u2019s Club at Steinway Street and 35th Avenue in Astoria around 3:50 a.m. Thursday when a masked mugger approached him from behind, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The gunman, who is yet to be identified, tried to snatch Figuereo\u2019s jewelry before opening fire and hitting him in the back, law enforcement sources said.<\/p>\n<p>A masked mugger approached Hector Figuereo, 49, from behind, tried to steal his jewelry and fatally shot him early Thursday, cops said.  NYPD<\/p>\n<p>The gunman apporached Figuereo from behind and shot him in the back, police said. NYPD<\/p>\n<p>One photo released by the NYPD Friday captures the moment the shooter fired shots, another shows him sitting down hunched over and yet another depicts his getaway car, described as a white SUV that fled northbound on 37th Street.<\/p>\n<p>Figuereo, of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, was rushed to the Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he died from his injuries, police said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It remained unclear Friday whether the two men knew each other or if they had been patronizing the club.<\/p>\n<p>Figuereo, 49, a Sunset Park resident, was pronounced dead at the Elmhurst Hospital Center. Brigitte Stelzer\/copyphoto<\/p>\n<p>The shooter fled in a white SUV, according to police. NYPD<\/p>\n<p>No arrests have been made, while the NYPD is asking the public for help in tracking down the suspect.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information on the deadly shooting is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, or on X @NYPDTips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New surveillance images show the hooded, masked gunman suspected of fatally shooting a man during a botched jewelry&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1027,57,238,9,56,63,65,64,122,2955,3980,58],"class_list":["post-357366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-homicide","tag-metro","tag-murders","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-queens","tag-robberies","tag-shootings","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357366","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=357366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}