What to Know
- Jacqueline Dicks, 41, was shot in the head not far from her Brooklyn home Monday night; she had just wrapped up her MTA conductor shift
- The mother of six was still wearing her uniform when she was found dead on the street; her boyfriend is wanted on a murder charge
- Police had questioned and released the beau, but later obtained surveillance video they say implicated him in the crime
The 44-year-old boyfriend of Jacqueline Dicks, the mother of six shot and killed on her own Brooklyn street late Monday as she headed home from a shift as an MTA conductor, is wanted on a murder charge, authorities say.
NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said Wednesday police had questioned the boyfriend, Zire King, in connection with Dicks' death at the start of their investigation but released him. Cops later obtained video from the crime scene area that showed King talking to the 41-year-old Dicks on the street shortly before she was shot, then heading to his car after, Boyce said.
Cops obtained a search warrant for King's car and found a handgun in the trunk, Boyce said. Authorities believe that is the weapon that killed Dicks. Dicks' bag and phone were also allegedly found in the vehicle.
Boyce said King was living with Dicks at her East New York home, but the suspect has not returned home since he was questioned by police. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call police.
Dicks' daughter, Tatiana Latisha Moore, posted a photo of King on Facebook Wedneday and wrote: "This is my little brother's father... this is also the man who took my mother's life. His name is Zire King or Joseph Harper, if you have any information, please let me know. Please, he needs to be caught."
Dicks was shot in the head Monday night on Elton Street; she had just wrapped up a shift on the N line and investigators said King was driving her home after picking her up from the Astoria-Ditmas Boulevard station.
King told police he dropped Dicks off near her home and was going to the store when he heard a single gunshot, police sources said late Tuesday.
He told police he was blinded by headlights and couldn't see clearly but thought there may have been three people involved, the sources said. Several witnesses also supported the three-people story, but Boyce said Wednesday that theory just wasn't true. He said only one person was responsible.
Dicks was pronounced dead at the scene. She was still wearing her MTA uniform. She had been a conductor with New York City Transit since June.
Boyce said King was living with Dicks for at least three years. The couple has a 4-month-old child. Police did not elaborate on a possible motive for the shooting, and Boyce said the department's fugitive division is looking for King.
Dicks' union, TWU Local 100, also sent out an email blast to 42,000 members in the city in Westchester urging the bus and subway workers to be on the lookout for her alleged killer should he use mass transit.
Meanwhile, community members and coworkers rallied around Dicks' family Tuesday.
"We lost one of our own to gun violence," MTA Interim Executive Director Ronnie Hakim said in a statement Tuesday. "Jacqueline Dicks was a 41-year-old mother of six and valued member of New York City Transit. We extend our heartfelt condolences to her family and will assist NYPD in any way possible."
