{"id":375793,"date":"2026-10-17T20:30:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T20:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/375793\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T20:30:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T20:30:58","slug":"mural-honors-queens-fdny-capt-brutally-slain-in-random-stabbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/375793\/","title":{"rendered":"Mural honors Queens FDNY capt. brutally slain in random stabbing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A mural honoring a beloved Queens FDNY captain who was brutally slain in a random stabbing attack by a knife-wielding maniac was unveiled Saturday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More than 40 EMS and FDNY officers, as well as grieving relatives, gathered at 40-19 20th Ave in Astoria, across the street from Fire Station 49, to honor FDNY EMS Capt. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/30\/us-news\/maniac-who-fatally-stabbed-fdnys-alison-russo-learns-his-fate\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alison Russo, a 9\/11 first responder, <\/a>who was senselessly <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/19\/us-news\/maniac-who-slaughtered-beloved-fdny-paramedic-found-guilty-of-murder-in-the-brutal-random-nyc-attack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">murdered by Peter Zisopoulos<\/a> on Sept. 29, 2022 during her lunch break. <\/p>\n<p>Family and first responders gather at 20th Ave and 41st St to unveil a new mural of EMS Captain Alison Russo in Astoria. Lone Pine Press<\/p>\n<p>Zisopoulos, 38, was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in 2025.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The crowd cheered as the artists behind the piece, Benny Guerra and Fernando Garcia, revealed the LED-lit mural of Russo, 61, above a banner that reads <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/29\/emt-in-serious-condition-after-getting-stabbed-in-queens\/?preview_id=24060518&amp;preview_nonce=ddfb81c03e&amp;preview=true&amp;_thumbnail_id=24060946\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cNever Forgotten Forever a Hero<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The front page of the New York Post is seen on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, featuring a story on FDNY Lt. Alison Russo-Elling who was stabbed and slain on duty in a random attack on a Queens street. serinc<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to have a supportive community. You know, the FDNY being here,\u201d Russo\u2019s brother Craig Fuoco told The Post. \u201cIt\u2019s been a long four years, but she\u2019ll never be forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The building\u2019s owner, William \u201cZac\u201d Zaccari, said that Russo was killed right in front of the property and that Zisopoulos lived upstairs.<\/p>\n<p>From left, brother Craig Fuoco and his wife, daughter Danielle Fuoco and her boyfriend, artists Benny Guerra and Fernando Garcia, and building owner William Zaccari gather at 20th Ave and 41st St in Astoria to unveil a new mural of EMS Captain Alison Russo, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, in Astoria, New York. Lone Pine Press<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe gotta do this so it becomes a memorial, but more of a celebration than [that],\u201d Zaccari said. \u201cWe actually faced her face this way, towards the station. So when [EMS workers] pull out of it with their ambulances or pull in \u2026 She\u2019s gonna be smiling at them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mural honoring a beloved Queens FDNY captain who was brutally slain in a random stabbing attack by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9174,194,57,238,9,24,63,122,124,123,58],"class_list":["post-375793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-ems","tag-fdny","tag-metro","tag-murders","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375793","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=375793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}