The infamous “Duck Sauce Killer” vented in a protracted suicide letter, proclaiming his innocence and railing against the way the NYPD and other authorities handled him.
Glenn Hirsch, 51, of Jamaica, Queens, committed himself earlier this month before appearing in court after being released on free on a $500,000 bond.
Hirsch’s six-page suicide note, which is six pages long and is dated August 5, the day of his death, was submitted to the court on Monday.
In it, Hirsch expresses his frustration with the way he has been portrayed in the media and tries to persuade the reader that his wife, who is accused of having weapons, is innocent.
Dorothy Hirsch, Hirsch’s wife, provided the letter as part of her defence.
Attorneys for Dorothy Hirsch cited Glenn’s admission that he had concealed guns from her without her knowledge.
He was accused of shooting father-of-three Zhiwen Yan in the chest as Yan completed deliveries for a Chinese restaurant in Forest Hills while riding his scooter.
Additionally, he urged Melinda Katz, the district attorney for Queens, to ‘launch a proper inquiry’ into Yan’s death on April 30.
“My indictment and subsequent incarceration in connection with this subject is one of the most outrageous and atrocious incidents of slander and unjust arrest in recent memory,” Hirsch claims in his statement.
A classic example of ineffective police work, confirmation bias, political pressure, and hasty judgement.
Additionally, he is furious that the NYPD published images of his refrigerator’s inside in an effort “to depict me as someone who is condiment obsessive.”
Hirsch went on about the crime surge hitting New York City and especially his neighbourhood of Forest Hills, and his hypothesis as to who murdered Yan was that it was either a stray gunshot or the result of some type of road rage fight.
All the first accounts indicated, he wrote, that either Mr. Yan was the inadvertent target and was struck by a stray gunshot or that this was a case of road rage and someone approached him as a result of an earlier incident.
In fact, there had been another murder in Forest Hills only two weeks before this heinous crime.
Hirsch claims to have a “really good sense of humour” and to have “always been a nice and kind person.”
He targets the prosecutors in his case explicitly, claiming that the tabloid media was out to get him.
Prior to Friday’s hearing, Hirsch expressed concern that he might be sent back to jail on more firearms charges, stating that he didn’t want to spend years in a cell or defend himself from a cell.
In part provided to the court, his “dying statement” stated: “I want to assume full responsibility for the eight firearms found in a cupboard in Dorothy’s residence.”
Finally, he said that while he was not typically the sort to kill himself, “the grief involved with this chain of events is too great to endure”.
I didn’t make an emotional choice; I thought it through. Despite my best efforts, I have examined the issue and found no remedy.
Hirsch is charged with shooting Yan before fleeing the scene on April 30. Hirsch was said to have had several altercations with the eatery about duck sauce and other condiments.
Eight firearms and ammo were taken from Hirsch’s Briarwood house during the raid, according to officials.
According to police records, the couple has separate residences, while Glenn resides in neighbouring Jamaica.
In papers, the District Attorney’s office admits that her spouse had access to her flat.
Hirsch’s belongings were found in a closet that he used, including the firearms, which were hidden in boxes and waste bags.
Before Yan was shot around 108th Street and 67th Drive, Hirsch, who is thought to have been driving an earlier model Lexus RX3 SV at the time, had a few words with Yan at a stoplight, according to the police.
Cops found Hirsch’s refrigerator stocked with sweet and sour duck sauce at his Briarwood residence.
According to a police source who spoke to the New York Daily News, “His whole refrigerator was packed with duck sauce.” “And other sauces.”
He hoards things. And when you open the refrigerator, you see condiments like ketchup, soy sauce, and duck sauce.
The insider said Hirsch’s flat on 141st Street was filled with stacks of condiments, which may have contributed to his decision to murder.
You didn’t offer him enough duck sauce, they said, “I think in some way guys like him take such things extremely seriously.”
Melinda Katz, the district attorney for Queens, said in a statement: “The loss of a human life is always heartbreaking.
Naturally, we would have liked to have Mr. Glenn Hirsch tried in a court of law for the deliberate killing of Mr. Zhiwen Yan, but this is no longer an option.
We once again offer our sincere sympathies to Mr. Zhiwen Yan’s family and friends, who are still mourning his unfortunate and needless passing.