Shopkeeper serial killer [PHOTO, VIDEO]
A serial killer is murdering shopkeepers with the number eight in their addresses.
The maniac is known to have killed three people with the same .22 calibre gun.
The latest victim was boutique owner Vahidipour Rahmatollah, 78, shot in the head as he prepared to close for the night on Friday.
Mohammed Gebeli, 65, and 59-year-old Issac Kadare were found dead at their stores in July and August.
All three victims had a shop with the number “8” in the address line and were also all of Middle Eastern descent.
Their stores are within a 5-mile (8-kilometer) radius, and none of them have surveillance cameras.
Police in Brooklyn, New York, have warned at-risk owners to be on their guard and have issued a sketch of a man they want to trace.
Police are searching for any further links in the deaths of three New York City shopkeepers who were shot by the same gun.
All three victims were of Middle Eastern descent.
The New York Times reported the police thought Vahidipour was originally from Iran _ and was Jewish.
Police said the same gun was used in the deaths of two other Brooklyn shopkeepers over the summer.
On July 6, clothing store owner Mohamed Gebeli was killed inside Valentino Fashion in Bay Ridge.
On Aug. 2, Isaac Kadare was found dead at his Amazing 99 Cents Deal shop in Bensonhurst.
Gebeli and Kadare were both born in Egypt, the Times reported.
Authorities have said that ballistics evidence connected the weapon used in the first two deaths. Police say they donÕt know the motive behind any of the killings.
A call on Sunday to Vahidipour's home in Great Neck wasn't answered.
There is a $22,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
The maniac is known to have killed three people with the same .22 calibre gun.
The latest victim was boutique owner Vahidipour Rahmatollah, 78, shot in the head as he prepared to close for the night on Friday.
Mohammed Gebeli, 65, and 59-year-old Issac Kadare were found dead at their stores in July and August.
All three victims had a shop with the number “8” in the address line and were also all of Middle Eastern descent.
Their stores are within a 5-mile (8-kilometer) radius, and none of them have surveillance cameras.
Police in Brooklyn, New York, have warned at-risk owners to be on their guard and have issued a sketch of a man they want to trace.
Police are searching for any further links in the deaths of three New York City shopkeepers who were shot by the same gun.
All three victims were of Middle Eastern descent.
The New York Times reported the police thought Vahidipour was originally from Iran _ and was Jewish.
Police said the same gun was used in the deaths of two other Brooklyn shopkeepers over the summer.
On July 6, clothing store owner Mohamed Gebeli was killed inside Valentino Fashion in Bay Ridge.
On Aug. 2, Isaac Kadare was found dead at his Amazing 99 Cents Deal shop in Bensonhurst.
Gebeli and Kadare were both born in Egypt, the Times reported.
Authorities have said that ballistics evidence connected the weapon used in the first two deaths. Police say they donÕt know the motive behind any of the killings.
A call on Sunday to Vahidipour's home in Great Neck wasn't answered.
There is a $22,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
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