Gravesend Senior Fatally Shot At Sunset Park Popeye’s

A 68-year-old man from Gravesend was gunned down in Sunset Park this week.

Yingguan Chen, of West 9th Street, was in front of a Popeye’s restaurant located 6103 7th Avenue on Monday, December 7, at 9:37pm, when bullets pierced his head, torso, and arm, police said.

EMS transported Chen to Lutheran Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.

It’s not clear what the motivation was for the slaying and there are no arrests at this time, according to the NYPD. An investigation is ongoing.

Correction: An earlier version of this article stated that Chen was shot inside Popeye’s. Police have confirmed that he was outside the store at the time of the incident.