Man fatally shot after attending funeral at Queens church, police say

A man was shot and killed Friday after attending a funeral service at a Queens church, the NYPD said. No arrests have been made.

It happened around 2 p.m. outside The Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York at Merrick Boulevard and Sayres Avenue in Jamaica.

Police said a 49-year-old man was shot multiple times in what they believe was a targeted shooting. The victim was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He has been identified as Richard Carter, of Valley Stream.

Driver Eric Fairchild, who was transporting the family of the deceased for the funeral, said he was sitting in his limousine when he suddenly heard gunfire.

"Like five or six shots in a row," he said. "When I stepped out, I looked over at the hearse, and I saw this guy laying on the ground, just like rocking from side to side, and I said, 'Oh no, they must've shot him.'"

Mourners on hand for the funeral quickly recognized Carter as a friend of the deceased. 

"Somebody that was still here after officers arrived, he was saying, 'This was one of my homeboys, and he was a homeboy to the deceased,'" Fairchild said.

The suspect, described as a male wearing a colorful jacket, fled on a Citi Bike and is not yet in custody, according to police.

The investigation is ongoing.