Flushing man dies days after botched robbery at suspected gambling den near his home: NYPD – QNS

One of the men who were shot in the head during a botched robbery on the night of Thursday, Dec. 19, in a suspected gambling den in Flushing has died, and the investigation is deemed a homicide, the NYPD announced on Monday.

Yun Li, 37, of Franklin Avenue in Flushing, succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead on Monday, Dec. 23 at New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital. Li lived three blocks east of the crime scene.

Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing responded to a 911 call of shots fired at around 9:20 at the illicit gambling parlor that was operating in the basement of an apartment building at 41-19 Haight St.

They found two wounded men at the location. Li was rushed by EMS to the hospital, where he was listed in stable condition and required emergency surgery before dying four days later.

A second victim, a 42-year-old man, was shot in his cheek and he was transported by private means to New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition

Homicide detectives are looking for three Hispanic men who were seen running from the building shortly after the shots were fired. They jumped into a white SUV that sped away from the scene toward Sanford Avenue.

Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at
crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are confidential.

Through Dec. 29, the 109th Precinct has reported a half dozen murders so far in 2024, three more than the three reported at the same point in 2023, a 100%, according to the most recent CompStat report. Felony assaults are also on the rise in the precinct, with 491 reported so far in 2024, 32 more than the 459 reported at the same point in 2023, an increase of 7%, according to CompStat.