Suspect nabbed in broad-daylight NYC execution: cops

The suspect in the broad-daylight Might execution of a Virginia man on the Higher West Aspect has been arrested, authorities stated. 

Donta King, 24, was nabbed in Wilkes-Barre Township, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 1 — precisely three months after the afternoon slaying of Ronald Thomas, 27, who was shot within the head whereas sitting in a white Mercedes-Benz GLA 250 close to West 102nd Road and Amsterdam Avenue, cops stated. 

King was transported again to Manhattan on Friday by the Regional Fugitive Job Pressure, and was charged with homicide, assault, reckless endangerment and prison use of a firearm, authorities stated. 

The scene where Ronald Thomas, 27, of Virginia was executed in broad daylight as he sat in a white Mercedes-Benz GLA at West 102nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue May 1.
The scene the place Ronald Thomas, 27, of Virginia was executed in broad daylight as he sat in a white Mercedes-Benz GLA at West 102nd Road and Amsterdam Avenue Might 1.
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On the time of the taking pictures, Thomas had been brawling together with his girlfriend. He “threw her to the bottom” earlier than getting again into his automotive, police sources stated.

Then the gunman rolled up in one other car and fired at him close to the Frederick Douglass Homes — a few block from the NYPD’s twenty fourth Precinct station home, cops stated. 

Thomas — who was within the metropolis from Virginia to go to his cousin — was pronounced lifeless on the scene, authorities stated. 

Images from the scene present the sufferer seated in his SUV with a sheet draped over his physique and a distraught lady close by. It wasn’t clear if the lady was the girlfriend.

The girl informed cops she had walked behind the car when she heard a number of gunshots, a police supply stated.

“All of them knew one another,” one other police supply stated on the time.

A distraught woman speaks to police after Ronald Thomas, 27, was fatally shot.
A distraught lady speaks to police after Ronald Thomas, 27, was fatally shot.
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Investigators examine the vehicle where Ronald Thomas, 27, was fatally shot on May 1.
Investigators study the car the place Ronald Thomas, 27, was fatally shot on Might 1.
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Police couldn't verify the connection between Thomas and King Tuesday morning.

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