Three men shot and killed in Southeast Queens in two separate incidents

The approximate location where cops say two men were shot and killed in a car in Rosedale on Monday, one of two fatal shooting incidents to occur in Southeast Queens that day. Photo via Google Maps.

By Jonathan Sperling

Three men were killed inside of their vehicles in two separate shootings in Southeastern Queens, police reported Monday.

The first shooting occurred just after 3:30 p.m. near the corner of Springfield Boulevard and 140th Avenue in Laurelton. David Hutchinson, 21, was found seated in his car with gunshot wounds to the chest and butt. EMS rushed him to Jamaica Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Cops from the 113th Precinct are still investigating the shooting and there were no suspects as of Tuesday afternoon.

Less than six hours after the Laurelton shooting, 105th Precinct police responded to a 911 for two men shot inside of a car on the corner of 149th Drive and 255th Street in Rosedale. Officers found the two men unconscious with gunshot wounds to their bodies. EMS arrived and pronounced both men dead at the scene.

That shooting is also still under investigation and there were no suspects as of Tuesday afternoon. 

According to the most recent NYPD data, there have been 53 shooting victims year to date in the NYPD’s Queens South patrol area, which covers much of Southeast Queens. That’s down from 74 shooting victims at the same time in 2018.