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Cops investigate Queens car crash after driver was shot, killed – Metro US

Cops investigate Queens car crash after driver was shot, killed

Crime scene Rikard Larma/Metro.

Police are investigating after a man driving a minivan was shot in the face in Queens early Monday morning, causing him to crash into five parked vehicles.

Cops responded to a 911 call of a vehicle crash at approximately 12:47 a.m. They discovered Carlos Nunez, 37, of Valley Stream, Long Island, was driving a 2004 Toyota Sienna eastbound on Decatur Street near Irving Avenue in Ridgewood when he struck five parked, unoccupied cars. Emergency responders transported him to Brookdale Hospital where it was determined that he had a gunshot wound to his face, cops said. He was pronounced dead on arrival.

No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing.