On November 20, 2023, at approximately 10 p.m., 25-year-old Joseph Valdez was fatally shot outside a deli on 21st Street near 41st Avenue in Astoria, Queens. Valdez, a resident of Sherman Avenue in Manhattan, became involved in a verbal altercation with an unidentified individual. During the confrontation, the assailant drew a firearm and shot Valdez multiple times, inflicting wounds to his arm and upper body. Emergency responders transported Valdez to New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical
...Read More