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33-Year-Old Killed in Upper West Side Shooting

Police search for a suspect who fled on a moped.

Overview

  • The victim, identified as Rashaun Hopkins, 33, a resident of the NYCHA Frederick Douglass Houses, was shot multiple times in the chest Thursday outside 53 West 104th Street on the Upper West Side.
  • Officers took Hopkins to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
  • Police say the shooter wore all black and fled the scene on a moped.
  • Detectives have made no arrests in the case.
  • Officials have not said what led up to the shooting.