Zhiwen Yan, 45, made a delivery near 108th Street and 67th Drive in Forest Hills around 9:30 p.m. when he was hit once in the chest, police said Sunday. Ian, from Queens, was found unconscious at the scene after police responded to a 911 call and rushed to Elmhurst Hospital, according to police. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. Zhiwen Yan was shot and killed while delivering food in Forest Hills, Queens on April 30, 2022. Robert Mecea NYPD at the scene of the deadly Queens shooting. Robert Mecea Police say no arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing for a motive – although police believe Yan was hit by a stray bullet. But according to a GoFundMe page published Sunday about Yan’s three children, the shooting was “an accidental act of road rage” while in delivery for the Great Chinese restaurant. Witnesses told police a Lexus was leaving the scene, sources told The Post. The Yan scooter was riding when it was shot on delivery. Robert MeceaAccording to the police, Yan may have been hit by a stray bullet. Robert Metzea “He was very good and he worked so hard,” 20-year-old Yang Pan, a former neighbor, said of the man killed Sunday. “I would never see him not working. “When I spoke to him he was always kind and he laughed,” said Pan, who lived in the same building as Elmhurst and Jan until his family moved. “I felt like I had a heart attack when I heard he died. “I can not believe it,” he added. “It’s so sad. I’m hurt. ” Yan immigrated from China more than 20 years ago and makes restaurant deliveries seven days a week, GoFundMe reports, leaving behind three children, ages 2, 12 and 14. Yan was taken to Elmhurst Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Robert Mecea The site had raised more than $ 8,500 as of noon on Sunday and is targeting $ 100,000. Police are now investigating the neighborhood for surveillance footage from the shooting.
