Queens barber Zanu Simpson was gunned down while sitting in his luxury SUV.
(NEW YORK DAILY NEWS)
A popular barber shot dead outside a Queens bar this week was targeted for his jewelry by an ex-con paroled in January on a drug conviction, police said Friday.
Zanu Simpson, 32, was sitting in his luxury SUV when he was shot in the head three times early Tuesday outside the Breezes Island Grill on S. Conduit Ave. near Lansing Ave. in Rosedale.
Cops are hunting for 31-year-old accused killer Tyson Boateng, Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said.
Mourners contribute candles and flowers ant Strickly Skillz barber shop in Queens for Zanu Simpson who was fatally shot at the corner of South Conduit Avenue and Lansing Avenue. (GO NAKAMURA/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS)
A witness who drove by the crime scene told police a man in a charcoal gray hoodie leaned into the driver's side window of Simpson's vehicle and repeatedly punched him. Then the witness heard a gunshot and saw Simpson slumped over in his seat.
Simpson’s belongings, including a gold ring, glasses and cash, were found near his $60,000 white BMW X5. Police also found a gun believed to be the murder weapon and a live round.
He is the shooter," Boyce said of Boateng. "And we believe it's a robbery for Mr. Simpson's jewelry."
It wasn't clear if Boateng was trying to steal the gold ring or if he made off with other jewelry.
Police investigate the scene at South Conduit Avenue and Lansing Avenue in Queens, where Simpson
was shot in the head three times.
(KEN MURRAY/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS)
was shot in the head three times.
(KEN MURRAY/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS)
Boateng was conditionally released by parole officials after he was convicted of selling drugs on Long Island and sentenced to up to four years in prison.
Simpson, who worked with his brother at the Strickly Skillz Barbershop in Hollis, died at Jamaica Hospital around 1 a.m.
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