A Bronx teenager was indicted by a Queens grand jury for murder and related charges in the New Year’s Eve fatal shooting of a Rosedale man, and wounding two other victims, outside the Umbrella Hotel in Kew Gardens, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.
Richard Swygert, 19, was arraigned Monday before Queens Supreme Court Justice Ushir Pandit-Durant on a seven-count indictment charging him with murder, two counts of attempted murder, assault and possession of a weapon in what was the first murder in the city of 2021.
The fatal shooting outraged the Kew Gardens community who demanded the hotel’s closure claiming the Umbrella had been a hotbed of criminal activities, including prostitution, drug dealing and human trafficking. Mayor Bill de Blasio on Jan. 5 said he would move to shut down the hotel that had also received over a dozen violations last year.
According to the charges, Swygert allegedly pulled out a gun after a disagreement between two groups of revelers celebrating New Year’s Eve at the now-shuttered Umbrella Hotel on 82nd Avenue and Queens Boulevard.
At around 1 a.m. on the morning of Jan.1, Swygert allegedly shot 20-year-old Robert Williams, a standout athlete who was just one day shy of his 21st birthday, and two other men. Williams died at the scene and the other two victims were taken to area hospitals for medical treatment.
“The defendant’s alleged actions led to the first homicide in New York City this year,” Katz said. “Senseless shootings have brought grief and heartache to far too many families in our neighborhoods. My office will continue to work with our law enforcement and community partners to stop the proliferation of guns in Queens and to hold accountable perpetrators of gun violence.”
23 comments:
We still arrest people?
I wonder if this mook was released via the no-bail rule when he killed the other mook.
One good thing about the massive increase in murders: mostly they all deserve each other, and it's reducing the criminal element one mook at a time. Too bad some innocents get caught up in it.
AND this is what happen when we don't have people rise up to a standard ,but instead lower the standard for everyone. Just like not having certain tests in school because they may be "unfair to certain groups (THOUGH NOT TRUE AND BULLSHIT).
Same thing here, instead of cleaning up a bad area, take the bad folks and put them in a good area.
Glad I left NYC years ago. Was a shithole then, it is a bigger shithole now.
Ya mean to say a Black man committed this murder?? I can't believe it.
Just trying to feed his family.
Give him free room and board next to Karen Koslowitz. Or her soon to be replacement Schulman
Umbrella Hotel?
One of the Great Bolshevik DeBozo's inventions, the mixed hotels/homeless shelters, right next to the Queens DA's office.
Never impossible...."he is a good boy, he would never hurt a fly".
SEER. Can't agree more about diminishing the mooks.
(But what's with this "ZOG" business? You really believe Zionists Occupy our Government?)
Discuss.
"(But what's with this "ZOG" business? You really believe Zionists Occupy our Government?)"
It's pretty obvious, ain't it? Connect the dots bro. Start with Biden's cabinet and go on from there.
Uh oh. He's shown his true colors: ANTI-SEMITE.
"he is a good boy, he would never hurt a fly".
And he was an aspiring rapper with hopes of playing in the NBA.
DEFUND THE WOKE MOVEMENT said.....
Nice name. Too bad Trump didn't do that by dealing with Soros when he had the chance. Now the only way to handle the Lumpenwoken will be to put them to sleep-permanently.
New Yorker, Baldwin, pointed the gun and pulled the trigger. Guns don't fire unless a human tells it to. Why is this not being discussed?
“The defendant’s alleged actions led to the first homicide in New York City this year,” Katz said. “Senseless shootings have brought grief and heartache to far too many families in our neighborhoods. My office will continue to work with our LAW ENFORCEMENT and community partners to stop the proliferation of guns in Queens and to hold accountable perpetrators of gun violence.”
You have laws?
And they're enforced?
Bahahahahahahaha.........
Hail Zionism! Bringing the lamp of culture and technology to the impoverished Palestinians.
...and survive as a congressman...prove me wrong
Here comes the Queens Crap anti-Semites! Go vote for Paladino and be done with it. Queens white trash!
@Here comes the Queens Crap anti-Semites! Go vote for Paladino and be done with it. Queens white trash!
Typical talk from a degenerate when there are no arguments to be made.
Yes, THEY ARE THIS STUPID!
Just screeching "anti-Semite" isn't exactly making an argument either...
Queens Crap: where the extreme left and extreme right to share in their racist hatred. Articles are well-curated, though. Too bad the people are shit!
"Too bad the people are shit!"
Twitter is better ?
@“ Zebulon the Zionist said..”
Zebulon and the ZOG person. Two bad apples from the same try.
Too bad the people are shit!
Especially you commie, THE BIG SHIT.
Watch folks as commies destroy every topic, then resort to anti-semite, racist labels.
Thanks to the same old playbook they have been using for decades.
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