The Victim Of The Execution In New York Was A Man From Virginia Who Visited His Cousin Police Officers

The victim, Ronald Thomas, 27, was sitting in a white Mercedes Benz GLA 250 and was arguing with a woman shortly before a gunman rolled into another vehicle around 12:15 a.m. Sunday and shot him dead in the head, police said. The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a Frederick Douglass house at 102 West Amsterdam Avenue, about a mile from the NYPD’s 24 Precinct Station. A woman who was in the vehicle with the victim is talking to the police. NYPost The motive for the killing was not clear, but the victim appeared to be the target, a police source said. “Everyone knew each other,” a police source said. Photos from the scene show the victim sitting in his SUV with a sheet over his body and an upset woman nearby. Police are investigating the shooting of Ronald Thomas.GNMiller / NYPostThe victim appeared to have been targeted.GNMiller / NYPostThe motive for the murder was unclear.GNMiller / NYPost The violence erupted amid the NYPD announcement that it will begin putting more police officers on duty at night to help reduce shootings in the run-up to the summer months.