A 16-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to the fatal shooting of a Big Apple mother in front of her family during a violent robbery more than a week ago, police said. The teen, who was not identified, was also charged with burglary, robbery, and criminal possession of a weapon in relation to the death of 57-year-old home health aide Ying Zhu Liu.
The tragic event took place on September 9th when Liu was killed inside the eighth-floor hallway of her lower Manhattan building just after 11 p.m. Authorities stated that two suspects wearing black ski masks followed Liu’s 61-year-old husband into the building and into the elevator where they attempted to rob him. When the couple’s son witnessed the robbery in progress on the eighth floor, he tried to intervene but was pistol whipped by one of the suspects, according to sources.
Liu then heard the struggle and came out with a stick to confront the perpetrators before she was tragically shot in the face. The robbers allegedly grabbed Liu’s husband’s cell phone before they fled the scene.
It’s all surreal,” Liu’s distraught 32-year-old son, Lin Rong Yan, told The Post last week. I feel only sadness right now.
In addition to the teen who has been arrested, two other young suspects are still being sought by law enforcement sources. The ongoing investigation hopes to bring justice for Ying Zhu Liu and her family by apprehending all those involved in this heinous crime.
