One customer leaves the store as the gunman suddenly emerges from the back, dressed in denim shorts, a white tank top and sneakers and wearing a black cross-body bag. The killer walks by a man standing near the deli door, lifts his arm and starts blasting at Lewis - who falls to the ground, his legs seen shaking in the disturbing footage. Lewis was struck three times in the chest, three times in the arm and once in the stomach, sources said. “The assassination reminds me of the scene from ‘Carlito’s Way’ when Al Pacino’s character gets shot by Benny Blanco from the Bronx,” said Michael Alcazar, a retired NYPD detective who is now an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Joseph Giacalone, an adjunct professor at John Jay College and a former NYPD sergeant, said the killing appeared “personal.” A high ranking NYPD source said Lewis was killed over a beef on social media and may have had gang ties - which cops are still probing, Jayquan Lewis was blasted three times in the chest, three times in the arm and once in the stomach.
