The NYPD has released additional surveillance images of three of the eight suspects who are wanted for participating in an illegal street takeover in Middle Village during the early morning hours of Saturday, April 18.
Detectives from the 104th Precinct and Queens Borough North are asking for the public’s help in identifying the eight suspects and any others who took part in the Palestinian flag-waving crowd that included more than 100 vehicles, two of which were located in the neighborhood and impounded by the NYPD, according to Council Member Phil Wong, who briefed reporters after a meeting with NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch at One Police Plaza on Tuesday.
“I met today with Commissioner Tisch to discuss the dangerous car takeover at 69th Street and Eliot Avenue and the broader quality-of-life issues impacting our communities,” Wong said. “I was informed that two vehicles tied to the incident have already been seized, and the investigation remains active.”
Police recovered two Infiniti ghost cars — one purple and the other blue — that had fake license plates when the drivers burned rubber as they did donuts and drifted around a ring of fire set at the intersection dangerously close to two gas stations just before 2 a.m.
NYPD Captain Joshua Rios and his officers from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood arrived on scene within three minutes after receiving the first of many 911 calls reporting the disorderly crowd. Many of the vehicles fled north on 69th Street toward the Long Island Expressway, while some of the rioters pushed an orange construction barrier against a marked police vehicle and two of the men jumped onto the hood of the RMP, causing damage and cracking the windshield before they jumped down and fled the scene in a black Nissan that sped off westbound on Eliot Avenue toward Mount Olivet Cemetery…