A Manhattan man told police he shot and killed an elderly Sunset Park man in a dispute that was two decades and thousands of miles in the making.
Wu Long Chen, 45, admitted to lighting up Bensonhurster Ying Guan Chen, 68, in front of a Sunset Park restaurant in December, taking out a 20-year grudge against the victim’s son that began in China, a law enforcement source familiar with the case said.
“We believe this homicide stemmed from an incident that happened in China over 20 years ago in which the victim’s son assaulted the defendant,” the source said. “The defendant exacted revenge on the father, who wasn’t involved in that old incident.”
Police are unsure if victim and alleged shooter are related.
Wu Long Chen told police he opened fire on the senior on 61st Street around 9:30 pm, prosecutors said. The bleeding victim ran into the Popeyes restaurant at the corner of Seventh Avenue. Paramedics transported him to Lutheran Medical Center, where doctors pronounced him dead, officials said. He suffered gunshot wounds to his head, torso, and right arm, police said.
Wu Long Chen confessed to the murder and confirmed his motive was revenge, and “multiple pieces of surveillance video” corroborate his confession, according to the law-enforcement source. He faces a maximum of 40 years in prison if convicted.
Chen was arraigned at Kings County Criminal Court on Jan. 5.
His lawyer could not be reached for comment.
