Fatal shooting in Queens leaves community in shock: ‘You can hear the screams’

QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11)– FDNY crews cleaned up a grisly scene in Queens Saturday afternoon, washing away blood from the same spot where 36-year-old Jairo Javier Vinces-Cobena was gunned down Friday night near 55th Avenue in Corona.

Bullet holes were seen along the block, some even hitting the hood of a white Volvo parked nearby.

“You can hear the screams. It just happened out of nowhere,” said nearby shop owner Luca Estrella, who runs Estrella Auto just steps from where it happened…

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