NEW YORK -- Police have arrested a suspect in the execution-style shooting of three men found dead inside a parked BMW near Columbia University earlier this month, officials said.
Roberto Nunez, 30, was arrested in connection with the shootings Saturday morning in the Bronx. He was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and one count each of second-degree murder and criminal possession of a loaded firearm. Information on an attorney wasn't immediately available.
The gun used in the killings and DNA linking the suspect to the crime have been recovered, police said. The DNA came from a shirt he discarded near the crime scene, authorities said.
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"Detectives assigned to this case did a masterful job, relentlessly working it to apprehend a suspect who initially appeared so calm, collected, and out of reach." Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said after the arrest Saturday.
The three victims, 25, 26 and 30, were found inside a 2009 BMW parked near Claremont Avenue and West 122nd Street on June 7, police said.
The victims were known for robbing drug dealers and investigators believed they may have been targeted for that reason, sources told NBC 4 New York.
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Two of the victims were found in the front seats of the car, and were shot in the head or neck; the third was found in the rear passenger seat and was shot in the left temple, according to NYPD spokesman Paul Browne.
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Surveillance video near the crime scene captured images of the man believed to be the suspect walking calmly away from the car in which the three men were killed, police said. Video blocks away also captured images of him discarding a shirt he had been wearing that police used for DNA samples.
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He is lucky - since he is only 30 he can get amnesty and a work permit by our Kingmandor in Chief.
i bet next time he makes sure there are no cameras around!!!
Good luck with that. They watch everything now. SMILE.
Shhhhh. I hear a drone.
You can thank the party of fear for the cameras. Why fight crime when you can profit from it - right Jan Brewer.
Live by the sword, die by the sword. How stupid can people be? I can hear them now.
Drug robbing gangsters, "Yeah, we make our money rolling drug dealers because what they're doing is wrong so we don't feel bad about it. We're doing the community a service."
Yep, until you're dead from stupidity. Greed knows no bounds and has no limits.
Didn't Obama go to Columbia? That's a strange coincidence.
Why aren't these folks ever carrying names like 'John White' or 'Richard Spoon'? Just askin.
I'm sorry for the family of these dead guys. They will now have to live with the consequences of their actions. I don't know that you can call these three men victims since they invited this type of retaliation. Didn't someone ever tell them that robbing drug dealers is a death sentence?
The "amnesty" you mention is available only to those attending school or in the military who have not committed a crime; obviously, he wouldn't qualify. Also, you seem to be making the assumption that he isn't a U.S. citizen.
Based on what?
But you know that Obuma and the other idiots are going to start letting them stay even if they are criminals.
It will start with shoplifting and DUI and eventually rapists and murderers will be allowed to stay...just like they are staying here now.
Women: get over your Jungle Fever and vote with your brain instead.
mtr you need to stop making so many different names that you just dont care what comes up anymore? Moxie is bringing up the fact that he doesnt look like an illegal immigrant and you guys are either slow witted or blind too bring up this policy for this story. He looks like an american, he shot 3 people to death and he is now in jail. Period.
Fat ugly women love the immigrants.
They're the only ones who will sleep with you so you can get one of those babies that you so desperately crave, and that will be supported by all the taxpayers.
A hispanic hitman killed 3 hispanic backstabbing drug dealers. Sounds very American to me. Viva America.
MTR ........repubs will send money to the guy like repubs did to Zimmerman.
Wow mtr... If you are going to use racial slurs and stereotypes, at the very least use them correctly... Thank you, we rely on people like you to show others how blind hate is ridiculously idiotic and stupid.
would-I-lie; with your reading comprehension, lying is only one of your problems. Those killed in the BMW were robbing drug dealers - you know, like the vigilantes on the Mexican border.
Thinning the herd?
Speaking of hate...most of you bring it on yourselves with your instigating comments such as:
I am a republican and I wouldn't send money to this man anymore than I would send money to trash like Zimmerman. I resent anyone who believes they can make ugly comments about ANY group of people based on their race, creed, religion, or belief system. You show us all how infinitesimally small your mind is (probably in direct relation to the size of your penis) when you incite violence and hate with what comes out of your mouths. For out of the heart does the mouth speak. You are just as ugly and juvenile as your words and the world will continue to be an ugly place as long as people like you exist in it.
Agree with Realist. I despised W and didn't feel he was fairly elected due to the fact that his brother was the governor of my state. Jeb cooked the election results IMO.
Still, I didn't poison public boards with seething hateful lies about Bush as folks do against President Obama.
mtr89123-2020 banned, remarkable misogyny and political derails ending a bad history.
AMAZING how these guys always give up so easy to the cops without a fight even, but shooting others like fish in a bowl is easy. Enjoy prison cabron, lucky you're not in a man's state like FL, you'd get the needle.
lessthan....you are an idiot
Breaking the code of honor. But liberals never get banned. iN Biased Control.
would-I-lie; so what name did you get banned under - and why are you back now?
I've been suspended before - in order to get banned you had to be a repeat offender. Who does would-I-lie sound like... I love it when those with no self control keep re-joining Newsvine - Forum Rage... lmao.
He'll just bond out and flee to Mexico or stay in the U.S. and steal a new SS# and ID
And pop out a dozen more kids for the taxpayers to support until they end up in jail too.
Not if your fat unemployed American butt could stop eating ice cream all day, sitting in pajamas in parents house would try to understand most of the illegal immigrants in this country arent bad people, they work all day then go hide in their homes like 80% of the US does... So if I had to decide between internet heroes or hard working people who sweat at work...Think about it
WRONG. A few work and the rest are in gangs and rape and steal and deal drugs and breed dozens of more who are just as bad...but these cockroaches get Citizenship and free food, housing, education, health care, etc....until they end up in prison.
Only stupid people believe the propaganda that they are all hard working and family oriented.
Drash. Every single one of them is a criminal. Illigal Aliens?????? DUH.
Romney caught with hiring Illegals........ per...would_I-Lie....illegals are criminals...Romney hires illegals...therefore..Romney is a Criminal.
I get a kick out of the people who bash immigrants, where I live most bust their ass. I see more white trash sucking the govt. tit than any other race.
Stonepipe .. Most arent bashing immigrants.. they are bashing the illegal immigrants who are not only cheating the system but also cheating the responsible people who are following the law, waiting their time, paying their fees etc to become legal citizens.
I see nothing in the story that specifies if any of those involved were or werent here legally so I wont speculate on that matter.
If it is true that the 3 slain were robbing people (even more so if were robbing entrepreneurs of the recreational pharmaceutical trade) .. then I'd say let the guy off w/ a slap on the wrist.. he did the public a favor. Couldnt they compete in the free market?
ummm You guys are bringing in an immigration policy that even if has bad consequences saves so many lives and brings in young minds we can work with..... BUTTT back to the point about a man SHOOTING three others too death and calmly walking away and acting like he was a bystander.. He will be in jail for the rest of his life idiots.
Maybe if the ferals would stop having so many kids that they can't support, there wouldn't be a need for all of them to sneak into the U.S.
Try birth control or just stop having sex like wild animals.
Oops...I forgot--you need them to act like wild animals or else you wouldn't ever find anyone to give you that baby that you so desire.
You love the fact that they act like feral cats.
Drash. Code of the Vine. Why are you calling people idiots? Tyler. How about a one day ban?
MTR....repubs religious leaders ban birth control.......and you must be watching them to know..."like wild animals?"
What is the moral of the story? Don't be a drug dealer sitting in a BMW with lots of cash........this actually was a two for one cleaning the streets of two kinds of scum.
4 down.
The vics were not drug dealers... They robbed drug dealers. Think Omar from The Wire, but with likely less badassery. This was clearly a retaliation hit and I guess NYC drug dealers can't afford or find a proper hit-man to carry it out.
What do you think they did with the drugs they stole? Or do you think they just stole cash and left the drugs?
First of all, you need to go back reread the article. 1 The three that were killed was robbing DRUG DEALERS. 2 The person that killed the three was a HIRED GUN. 3 No where that it say anything about any of them being ILLEGAL. Pratically every drug pusher lives in the area where he sells. They generally are children of parents who are hard working honest people whom are American born. People like you and your children. Do you think that your son will grow up to be a drug dealer? I say the odds are pretty good.
As for the hired gun, I suspect thst he wasn't hired at the street level, corner pusher. He was probably hired by some one hire up the chain that has connections.
As for the three guys that were robbing drug pushers. Bury them with honers, job well done guys.
tealic, same difference, your in the game you pay the price......
Seven, not disagreeing with that or the outcome at all...
6dogs-
I disagree w/ only 2 parts of your post... #s 1 and 3 were right on.. #2 seemed very speculative by the article writer.. I read no evidence that he was a hitman.. He could have been someone robbed by them who caught up w/ them.
The end part of your post... drug "pushers"? Thats propaganda from the decades long "war on drugs"... Nobody "pushes" drugs (the recreational ones at least) except for the MDs and PHDs that are in the pocket of big pharma. There are plenty of people looking for recreational party favors that to try and force them on someone who doesnt want them draws unwanted attention and is bad all around.
I'd bet that more than half of the people that buy larger size weights of drugs (just above street level amts) are a group of friends that are combining their recreational funds together to get a better price, and also to limit the amount of times they need to go out, get the stash, and be out in public w/ it instead of just enjoying it in the privacy of their home, or at a party, or at a dance club if one of those raver drugs like E.
Some people buy $50 bottles of rare wine.. some buy $50 bags of rare hydroponically grown connoisseur weed.. the same kinda people that might buy a case of that wine (split afew bottles w/ friends and keep rest to last afew weeks), are the same kinda people who buy afew ounces of weed (split some with friends and keep the rest for the upcoming weeks).
Just sayin
Viva Arizona SB1070
Do you think the Illegals will head south into Mexico or West to Sanctuary Cities to escape Arizona? California and Nevada don't have any jobs or money left to steal. Maybe they will go to Texas.
Romney and rich repubs will hire them,...anything to cheat Americans from having a job so they can help crash the economy as they pledged. Romney caught hiring illegal.
It's a dog eats dogs world. My pooch is more honorable than these leeches.
It is also a Presidents eat dog world.
Dog gives the ultimate Bitter Beer Face.
Would...could be worse like having a drunk like Bush still in whitehouse. Check out the U tube video of president Bush drunk at Beijing Olympics having Secret service shove his drunk butt back in seat. Watch him heckle obscene comments at women volleyball players.
Wow. Leave it to you crazy people to turn an article into president Obama and immigration policy. Straight jumping into conclusions without thinking. Then again I'm sure you don't think at all. Racist much?
Obama will give him amnesty, it's one more sure vote for him in Nov.
Romney will pay off Supreme court and get him off to come work in his gardens to replace the one caught.
Roberto Nunez - Hmmm - Sure ain't no Irishman - wonder if any of these illegals are part of Obama's Dream Team.
You bet, every illegal, every Hollywood freak, every homosexual, every criminal. They all make up the DNC
@CiroTora1 He's not Irish why? Because of his name? Seriously? Do you know anything about Europe at all?
Try watching a European football (soccer) game, particularly games where the national teams of different countries play each other. You will see people like Mario Ballotelli, a black Italian, Mario Gomez, a Hispanic German, Samir Nasri - French, Nigel De Jong - black Dutchman, Rio Ferdinand - black Englishman, the list goes on. While you're at it, look at the people in the stands. America is not the only "melting pot" on this planet.
Abraham Lincoln
Ciro ...nope...part of Romney garden team!
Puerto Ricans are US citizens. Faux Parrot Trooper, you might want to brush up on your geography.
Maybe he's a white Hispanic. Oh wait, no, if so MSNBC would have turned this into a racist article.
Since Arizona started employer sanctions and immigration crackdown, car jackings, identity theft, home invasions, kidnappings, auto theft, cop killings has dropped astronomically. Since Arizona lost about 100,000+ illegals some school districts lost as many as 7,200 students and had to close entire schools. In the Arizona State Prison they represent 17% of the inmate population who are doing time for murder. Yet they only represent 6% of the Arizona population. Since SB1070 the Maricopa County Jail's (Phoenix) population has dropped by 2,000 inmates. Sanctuary states enjoy your new residents.
One wonders how many jobs have been lost with the reduced population in AZ...
Remember the words from the song in West Side Story; "everything free in America, don't have to work in America, we all want to come to America"
I thought he looked Italian. It is a tad humorous that Osama is being mentioned concerning his amnesty policy for illegals.
Politicians care little about what goes on out here in the real world, unless it affects their comforts and perks. Everything is done behind closed doors. The higher ups have always liked the idea of low cost labor(think slavery). Why else would the Feds go after that sheriff in Ariz, just because he wants to protect the border. In any event, this guy has no soul.
Have to give the police great credit.........
Riley you are an ass.
First: The police are idiots, they only solved the case because they found a shirt and the gun and used dna to find the guy who threw them away (which was stupid, the cloths the guy was wearing should have been burnt -all if it- and the gun should be at the bottom of the ocean somewhere)
Second: The 3 men killed were men who robbed (and likely killed) people they were pretending to buy drugs from -allegedly. That means that the guy arrested was likely just protecting himself (at worst he was killing 3 dangerous men who robbed people for a living)
The guy arrested deserves a metal, he was only defending himself. But in the USA you no longer have a right to defend yourself against criminals. Now I know some of you are going to say that he himself might be a criminal if he was indeed selling drugs, but this is the whole point: because we have taken the right to defend ourselves in America away from the people we don't like it has finally trickled down to everyone, because if you take a right away from a drug dealer all your doing is taking a right away from yourself, he may be a drug dealer, but he's an American.
So, instead of him being what he is: just a guy defending himself (which the Constitution says -drugs or not- you have a right to do in the USA) he's going to have his rights taken away because people don't like him. That is why when someone tries to kill you in your sleep one night climbing through your bedroom window -and you kill them- your going to be arrested. You let the government arrest this guy for defending himself and so you lose that right as well. American's have to wake up to the fact that every-time you let the government take the Constitutionally protect right of an American away because they are: a sex offender, or gay, or a "felon" or on probation or parole or whatever, you're just giving up your rights and your children's rights.
In responding to "Avarage Guy", you may be correct, and I may be an ass.
I have to ask have you ever been involved in the violence of crime? Several times in my life an attempt was made to have me be the victim......................... The perpetrator(s), those still alive now regret their attempts................... If MSNBC would like details to verify, I would be happy to provide and I will give permission to release my identity.
Avarage Guy, I can only feel pity for you and your quick tongue...... I wish you the best of luck in life.
Avarage Guy-
I agree w/ everything you posted except for the point that Riley was only giving the police credit for doing their job of investigating a shooting and seemingly didnt need to resort to violating the Constitution with thuggery, perjury and gestapo tactics that have been commonplace in the past 30 years... hell.. the past 100 years in fact.
The police's job is to respond to a report/crime, gather evidence, and to give that evidence to a prosecutor who will then decide who will be prosecuted (if anyone) if a crime has been committed.... one of the big problems is that many police feel it is their duty to convict a person and not a jury's... so they manipulate evidence, commit perjury, put their own spin into police reports to bias everything down the line... the judge deciding on bail, the prosecutor, the trial judge and the jury.
I've only known 1 police officer who wasnt a D-bag.. He was a shoe store manager who started a family and his 1st kid was born autistic.. he joined the police force for the benefits and after his time dealing w/ other cops on the street.... he went for a desk job to get away from the adrenaline rush asses on the street that were abusive up to the point to try to provoke someone so they could act out violently... and the blue wall of silence protects them all...
arrrgghh. Maybe my experience isnt the majority... but the silence of the good cops that allows the bad ones to keep up their antics.. just allows for increases of abuses, less trust that the police will actually be helpful, and more street justice... Tho I'm in favor of street justice.. I'll bet there have been times where a guy was giving a buddy some weed that they split a buy on... and saw some asshat committing a crime.. beating a woman, snatching an old lady's purse.. and intervened but because he had some herbs on him.. as afraid of notifying authorities that some asshat was out mugging senior citizens...
know what I mean?... just sayin
This type of incident could be avoided by removing drug laws that give these gangsters their income. Prohibition is expensive and impossible to enforce. Having open borders and 12 million illegal aliens moving in and out of the country at their pleasure allows the contraband to move as freely as the illegals. Tighten up our borders, educate, and treat those who wish treatment. These are the logical steps to controlling the drug problems in the USA.
That was some fast work by the NYPD!
What the heck does this have to do with President Obama? You might want to check Faux Noise for the days talking points...
Politics, politics. What does the President have to do with a murdereer? Most Hispanics in New York, the city and state, are Puerto Rican, already American Citizens by birth.
Idiot.
This appears to be a drug hit, more than likely, since New York is the hub for the Canadian Drug Lords, and they don't play, will take you out and won't think twice about it. Some Americans should watch Gangland, it showcases the many, many criminal activities going on here in our own Country, and guess what, everyone isn't Hispanic or Black, we actually have a diverse group of Criminals in our Country. Funny that, who would have thought?
The Kennedys come to mind.
Well Said ...Those Thieving Irish B*A*S*T*A*R*D*S were amongst the WORST.....
You should do research rather than listening to Faux News Doublespeak and brainwashing. The Kennedy family sacrificed a great deal for this country. Perhaps you should ask yourself this question: what have people criticising the Kennedy family done for this nation? How many sons have they given in service to America?
What's the point of smirching the names of dead heroes? JFK rescued his men when their boat was sunk in the Pacific. He swam to an island towing them by their life-jacket straps held in his teeth. Once one was rescued he went back and retrieved another until they were all safe ashore. He then swam to a neighboring island for help, carrying a message carved into a coconut. The message was carried to base by the natives of the inhabited island and all were rescued. JFK did all this in spite of a back injury which plagued him all his life.
He was a man's man and a hero's hero. It doesn't make anyone look better to cut down such a heroic individual. What he did in his private sex life was much admired at the time. Self-righteousness looks bad on everyone.
There's a small business owner that I used to re-do my roof. Now the family has been in business for over 30 years, and guess what? Other than his sons and grandsons, he doesn't have any other White men, let alone black men working for him. All of his workers are Hispanics, and also guess what? None of them could speak a lick of English. The one thing I know is that many small business owner's here in our country would rather pay illegals under the table, a smaller amount, than higher someone in our Country who has been trained, because it takes money out of their pockets. Please don't act as if this is something new because many, many people do it, and it's all about the top dollar. They ask, why do I have to pay someone who's been educated, and take money away from my boat, my house, my new car, when I can pay an illegal at the price I want? Please, greed is a deadly sin, and some people are addicted to it, Mr. Romney is one of those people. The more money in his pocket, the better, and he doesn't care who the hell has to pay for his rewards. He is a greedy, manipulating, swindler, who can't see in front of him because of his fog of lies.
Starsailing, how many names do you go by? You sound the village idiot with the red hair who is always mouthing off.
More Illegals... MORE VIOLENCE....Any Questions....
They can now bring their DRUG WAR to a Street Near You...
Minorities love to shoot each other. When they aren't pumping out mass quantities of children.