After the pneumonia epidemic caused by the new coronavirus infection raged in the United States, New York, as the "epicenter" of the epidemic, once reduced violent crime due to quarantine measures. However, on the afternoon of May 2, local time, a gang leader in New York was assassinated on the street, and the local police were also worried that there was a possibility that a fire would break out between the gangs in New York.
Francisco Rosado
The New York Post and the British Daily Mail reported on May 4 that at about 3:20 p.m. on May 2, Francisco Rosado, the leader of the notorious New York gangster organization "Infidel Motorcycle Club", was ambushed by two armed men wearing masks in the Allerton neighborhood of the Bronx district of New York. According to New York police reports, Francisco Rosado died on the spot after being shot.
According to witnesses, the crime occurred at the intersection of Holland Avenue and Metz Avenue in the Bronx, and the killer should have come prepared. According to police reports, Francisco Rosado was shot in the head and chest, and the killer fled the scene in a blue Jeep Cherokee immediately after winning the hand, and the police said that the license plate hung by the murderer in the car was also stolen.
On the day of the incident, the New York Police Department also issued a statement, in which the police pointed out that after receiving the alarm, the detective immediately arrived at the scene but found that the shot man was unconscious, and the medical staff who came later also announced that the shot man was dead on the spot. Although the NYPD did not reveal the identity of the deceased, witnesses at the scene said that the deceased was Francisco Rosado, the leader of the gang "Infidel Motorcycle Club.".
From the scene footage taken by the media, it can be seen that there are a large number of police officers at the scene of the crime, and a woman was carried into an ambulance by medical staff after fainting at the scene. Witnesses said the woman, who may have been a relative of the deceased, Francisco Rosado, fainted from emotional agitation at the scene. New York police said they feared the case could signal that local gangs might be brewing a larger conflict.
According to media reports, the "Infidel Motorcycle Club" has more than 1,300 members and more than 100 branches in the states of the East Coast of the United States. The organization is suspected of engaging in organized criminal activities, including drug trafficking and extortion.