SOUTH RICHMOND HILL, Queens (PIX11) – A man was heard pleading for his life in a 911 call before he was killed at a birthday party in New York City over the weekend, police said.
Lenner Zuniga, 35, of Queens, was fatally shot and stabbed on Sunday during a birthday gathering in South Richmond Hill, Queens, according to the NYPD. The incident happened around 3 a.m. inside an apartment at 101-66 125th St., police said.
Zuniga and seven or eight other men were at the apartment celebrating a birthday when the violence occurred, police said.
NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny described the incident as a robbery that was “possibly narcotics-related.” Zuniga had a reputation of being a cocaine dealer, according to Kenny.
“A fight does break out to where the victim runs and locks himself into a bathroom and calls 911. During the 911 call, you can hear him pleading. You can hear the gunshots,” Kenny said.
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