{"id":360926,"date":"2026-09-30T16:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/360926\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:42:12","slug":"shooting-outside-astoria-club-queens-gazette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/360926\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting Outside Astoria Club &#8211; Queens Gazette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/2026-09-30\/4p1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213145\" class=\"wp-image-213145 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4p1-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"A man was shot outside the Riviera Gentleman\u2019s Club in Astoria in a botched rob\u00adbery early on September 24. Photo: Melissa Cipolla-Mennona\" width=\"300\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-213145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man was shot outside the Riviera Gentleman\u2019s Club in Astoria in a botched rob\u00adbery early on September 24. Photo: Melissa Cipolla-Mennona<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD this week released surveillance images showing the moment a masked mug\u00adger opened fire outside the Riviera Gentleman\u2019s Club, executing a 40-year-old man in a botched robbery early on September 24.<\/p>\n<p>Police said Hector Figuereo was followed out of the club on Steinway Street and 35th Ave. in Astoria just after 3:50 a.m. by the suspect, who shot Figuereo to death after he tried and failed to snatch Figuereo\u2019s jewelry.<\/p>\n<p>Police sources told the Queens Gazette that surveillance \u201ccaptures the suspect crouching down next to Figuereo\u201d moments after the sound of gunfire pierced the night air, then \u201cflee\u00ading empty-handed in a white Mercedes SUV heading in the wrong direction on one-way 37th Street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have information that makes us believe this was a very personal attempt to grab that jewelry and run,\u201d the sources said. \u201cWitness accounts and surveillance show the gunman eyeballing Figuereo from a barstool inside the club, following him outside and, after a brief scuffle between the two men, firing the fatal shot into the victim\u2019s back,\u201d police sources said.<\/p>\n<p>A team of FDNY medics rushed the victim to Elmhurst Hospital Center where he died.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is urged to call the CrimeStoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477); visit: crimestoppers.nypdonline.org; or @NYPDTips on X (formerly Twitter). The hotline is offering a reward of up to $3,500 to anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u2013Liz Goff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was shot outside the Riviera Gentleman\u2019s Club in Astoria in a botched rob\u00adbery early on September&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-360926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360926","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=360926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}