Victor Rosado, 22, Shot To Death In Coney Island
Cops were called to 2940 West 21st Street last night, where they found 22-year-old Victor Rosado shot dead.
Rosado lived around the corner from where police found him crumpled on the sidewalk just after 11:30 p.m., at 2007 Surf Avenue. He was taken to Lutheran Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
According to News 12, Rosado was an active member of the Coney Island community and was an expectant father.
Witnesses told the Daily News that there was no provocation for the shooting, with Rosado just hanging out with friends and playing a game of chess when an unknown gunman opened fire on the group.
“They killed my little man,” one man, who didn’t want to be identified, said as he choked back tears.
“We was just hanging out, listening to music, playing chess, and they just started shooting. God, that was my little man.”
The man said he ran for safety when the gunshots rained down on them and couldn’t see who the shooter or shooters were.
No arrests have been made.
As of August 10, that latest date for which there are statistics, there have been 13 shootings, with 15 victims, in 2014 in the 60th Precinct, which patrols Coney Island, Brighton Beach and Gravesend. That’s a decrease from the same time period in 2013, which saw 16 shootings and 21 victims. Though shootings are down in the 60th Precinct, citywide gun violence is surging, with a 13 percent increase in incidents.
