The mother of an NYPD officer has died after being shot in the head in a brazen daytime ambush when she answered the door to her Queens home.
Anna Torres, 51, was shot twice on Wednesday by a suspect who cops said has since surrendered himself into custody, having initially fled the scene.
According to the New York Post, the suspect has been identified as Giuseppe Canzani, 41. It was unclear what his relationship with Torres was at the time.
According to the Washington Post, cops believe Torres and Canzani knew each other “to some level,” but their relationship did not appear to be romantic.
The mother opened the door at her house in Queens’ Ozone Park neighborhood at 2.30 p.m., according to cops. They said the suspect fired three shots – two of which hit Torres, with one striking her head. She was declared dead on the spot.
The suspect then escaped in a black Chevrolet, police said, before returning to the 106th Precinct in the same vehicle at 3:30 p.m., about an hour after the shooting, to surrender.
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