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Masked Gunman Ambushes Man Getting Into Car on Queens Street, Shoots and Kills Him: NYPD

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  • 31-year-old Xin Gu of Long Island City was gunned down and killed as he was leaving a karaoke bar in Queens on Tuesday, police say
  • Gu was about to get into an SUV that rolled up when a masked man in a hooded puffy coat ran up on him from behind and shot him in the head
  • Police say they don't believe it was an attempted robbery; they think Gu was targeted, but the motive remains unclear

A man leaving a karaoke bar in Queens was brutally executed as he was about to get into the back of a car early Tuesday, and police are searching for his killer.

Police said the victim, 31-year-old Xin Gu of Long Island City, had just walked out of a karaoke bar on Fowler Street in Flushing at around 2:30 a.m. He was about to get into the back of an SUV that rolled up when a masked man in a black hooded puffy coat ran up on him from behind and shot him in the head, surveillance video shows. 

Gu was taken to New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Queens, where he was pronounced dead. 

Police say they don't believe it was an attempted robbery; they think Gu was targeted, but the motive remains unclear. 

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS. 

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