NYPD releases sketch of suspect in shooting near Ozone Park mosque
Source: AM New York
Police are questioning an individual in connection to the shooting of an imam and an assistant in Queens on Saturday, a police source said Monday.
The suspect was taken into custody for an unrelated charge and has not been arrested or charged for the double homicide, the source said.
The shooting took place two blocks from a mosque in Ozone Park on Saturday. Maulama Akonjee, 55, an imam at the al-Furqan Jame Masjid mosque, and Thara Uddin, 64, of Queens, who relatives said was Akonjees longtime friend but who some Muslim groups identified as his assistant, were killed. Both men wore religious garb as they walked. Both were shot in the head and rushed to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead.
Police said Sunday they were seeking additional video recordings in the area. They also released a sketch of the suspect.
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alfredo
(60,074 posts)Is the suspect a fellow Muslim?
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)he's on some security cams.
alfredo
(60,074 posts)Democat
(11,617 posts)But so far there is no evidence this was done by a conservative.
alfredo
(60,074 posts)Then again, "could be" entails "might not be."
alfredo
(60,074 posts)uppityperson
(115,677 posts)Unitarian if s anything, and out of the country traveling. Due to an unknown ancestor, many in my family have the near/middle Eastern look. My dad used to get extra screening at airports, being the private atheist he was, because of his looks.
Princess Turandot
(4,787 posts)with more information on the suspect.
He fled as soon as he shot them.
http://nypdnews.com/2016/08/information-on-homicides-in-queens/