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Via NY Post:
A imam and a friend heading home from prayers at a Queens mosque were gunned down Saturday in what authorities are investigating as a hate crime.
One of the men was killed in the 2 p.m. shooting near 79th Street and Liberty Avenue in Ozone Park, police said.
One victim was shot in the head, while the other took a bullet to the chest, sources said. They were taken to Jamaica Hospital, where the survivor is in critical condition. Authorities didn’t immediately identify the victims, or say which was killed.
Thara Uddin, 60, was praying with the imam at Al Furqan Jame Masjid on 77th Street and Glenmore Avenue before the shooting. Uddin and the imam were walking home when they were shot.
Uddin is clinging to life, his brother Mashuk told The Post. “I saw him. His eyes were closed … his body is shaking. I am very scared,” Mashuk Uddin said.
Other members of the Uddin family were very distraught, he said.
Asked whether the shooting was a hate crime, Mashuk Uddin said, “Yes. I am worried for my children, my wife.”
But the younger Uddin didn’t know who would want to hurt his brother.
“I don’t even know, nobody knows what’s going on,” he said, throwing up his hands.
One resident heard two shots, then more.
“First it was two, and then he goes, ‘Boom! Boom! Boom!’ ” said the resident, who didn’t want to be named.
He looked out to see a man with a gun running down the street.
It appeared the shooter picked his targets, the resident said.
Update:
The second man shot has now died.
According to the Daily Mail,
Witnesses said the shooter was tall and Hispanic. Police description says ‘medium complexion’.
They said the man was carrying a large handgun and wearing a dark blue shirt and short pants.
MirrorUK says witnesses said the man was ‘dark-skinned’.