A violent parolee is needed for fatally gunning down a “type” Brooklyn wings restaurant employee and married dad of two — then capturing useless a Bronx deli buyer — in heists about 48 hours aside, cops mentioned.
Jesus Acosta, 31 – who has been on parole since April after doing 10 years behind bars for a 2015 Harlem subway capturing – dedicated his newest blood-soaked crimes round midnight Sunday at America’s Greatest Wings and Pizza on Rockaway Avenue in Brownsville, police mentioned.
He shot a 44-year-old employee – recognized by family members as “hardworking” MD Yousuf – within the head and struck one other man, 39, within the leg, officers mentioned.
Each males had been taken to Brookdale Hospital Medical Middle, the place Yousuf succumbed to his accidents, and the opposite sufferer was listed in secure situation, police mentioned.
Yousuf, who was initially from Bangladesh, “was a hardworking, type man who supported his household and confirmed up for his coworkers on daily basis,” in line with a GoFundMe web page organized on his household’s behalf.
“MD Yousuf was the one earnings earner for his household,” the fundraising web page mentioned. “He’s survived by his spouse, his mom, and two daughters, ages 12 and three. His household had no warning and no financial savings for one thing like this. They now haven’t any earnings and no option to deliver his physique dwelling.”
It was not instantly clear what if something Acosta was allegedly in a position to steal through the stick-up earlier than he fled.
Then round 12:15 a.m. Tuesday, the gun-toting prison opened fireplace throughout one other hold-up at a deli on East 149th Avenue close to Walton Avenue within the Concourse part of The Bronx – hitting a 33-year-old male buyer within the chest, police mentioned.
That sufferer – who stays unidentified pending household notification – was rushed to Lincoln Medical Middle, the place he was initially listed in secure situation, authorities mentioned.
However his situation rapidly deteriorated and he was pronounced useless on the hospital, police mentioned later Tuesday.
Video from that scene, obtained by WABC, reveals the hooded gunman ignoring a buyer on the counter earlier than overtly opening fireplace at one other.
The shooter is proven then rifling via the money register earlier than eradicating wads of money and fleeing via the door. It was not instantly clear how a lot cash was stolen.
Acosta – who didn’t know both of the useless victims – was recognized because the suspect in each shootings by his parole officer, in line with law-enforcement sources.
He served simply over 10 years in state jail earlier than he was launched on parole in April in connection to the Could 5, 2015, capturing of a stranger throughout a dispute on the one hundred and tenth Avenue–Malcolm X Plaza practice station in Manhattan, in line with cops and public information.
In that case, he obtained into an argument with the 20-year-old sufferer on board a northbound No. 2 practice simply after 11 p.m. earlier than pumping a bullet into the sufferer’s left arm when the skirmish continued on the crowded platform, police mentioned.
He pleaded responsible to first-degree assault and was sentenced to 11 years behind bars in 2016, in line with the Manhattan District Lawyer’s workplace.
In addition to the subway case, Acosta has three different earlier arrests, police mentioned. It’s unclear what they had been for.
Police describe him as having a lightweight complexion, round 5-foot-11 and 175 kilos, with brief brown hair and brown eyes.
He additionally has the phrase “Bronx” tattooed on his hand and the title “Bobby” tattooed on his left forearm, police mentioned.
Anybody with info on his whereabouts is requested to name the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
The general public can even submit their suggestions by logging onto the Crime Stoppers web site at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on X @NYPDTips.
