Sketch Of Queens Deli Robbery Suspect Released
NEW YORK (CBS 2) -- Detectives in Queens were hunting for an armed robber who gunned down a deli clerk.
Police responding to a call of a robbery at gunpoint found Juan Torres shot in the head Saturday night. Residents set up a makeshift memorial outside the Lucky Grocery and Deli in Laurelton in his memory.
The suspect was described as a black male in his late 30's or early 40's, last seen wearing a black sweatshirt.
Investigators believed he had a female getaway driver.
"We've seen a great pattern of robberies for the past few months. We've actually been trying to work with the 105 to come up with a plan to alleviate some of these very robberies from happening," said Donovan Richards, Chief of Staff for Councilman James Sanders, Jr.
This was the second time the Torres family has experienced violence at the deli. A close friend was killed there in 2002, and Torres' brother died in a similar incident in a different deli in Queens.
