On a late Thursday evening in September 2018, the life of 42-year-old Orville Scott was tragically cut short in the Rosedale section of Queens, New York. Police responded to a 911 call around 10:30 p.m. regarding a red Honda Accord that had crashed into a light pole at the intersection of 249th Street and 144th Avenue. Inside the vehicle, emergency responders discovered Scott unconscious, having sustained a gunshot wound to the head.
Orville Scott, a male, was rushed to Jamaica Hospital,
but medical efforts were in vain, and he was pronounced dead. The initial investigation suggested that the shooting happened before the crash. Authorities reported that a potential suspect or suspects may have fled the scene in a gray four-door sedan.
The incident was particularly unsettling as it was one of two remarkably similar homicides that occurred in Queens on the same night. Just hours later, a 27-year-old off-duty corrections officer was also found shot in the head in his red Honda Accord in a different part of the borough. This eerie coincidence prompted a significant police investigation into both killings.
Despite the public appeals for information, including the circulation of details about the suspect vehicle, there have been no subsequent news reports or public announcements regarding any arrests or the identification of a suspect in connection with the death of Orville Scott. The case, along with the seemingly related killing of the corrections officer, remains an unsolved and painful memory for the community. The investigation into who is responsible for this violent act continues.
