5 killed during violent Easter weekend across New York City

NEW YORK - The NYPD is attempting to solve five murders that took place in the span of less than 42 hours this weekend across three New York City boroughs.

Sunday evening (Harlem)

• According to authorities, a 36-year-old man was shot in the head just before 8 p.m. inside a smoke shop on Lenox Avenue in Harlem, steps from mainstay restaurants Red Rooster and Sylvia’s.
• The victim, who has yet to be identified, was taken to Harlem Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
• Police said neither the victim nor suspect worked in the smoke shop.

Sunday afternoon (Coney Island)

• Around 2:12 p.m., police said Kristian Vargas, 23, of Brooklyn, was stabbed in the torso at the intersection of West 23 Street and Mermaid Avenue in Coney Island.
• Vargas was transported to NYU Langone Hospital Brooklyn, where he was pronounced dead.

Saturday afternoon (Harlem)

• Police said Jaylen Duncan, 19, was shot in the head around 4:40 p.m. near Madison Avenue and E. 132nd St.
• He was taken to Harlem Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Saturday afternoon (Brooklyn)

• Police said Ramon Cintron, 83, was found stabbed to death around 2:20 p.m. inside an apartment in Wyckoff Garden, a NYCHA complex in Boerum Hill.
• Police shared a poster of a man identified as Joevani Vale, who they believe may be connected to the attack.

"He’s a great person," Victor Santiago, the manager of a nearby grocery store where he bought scratch-off tickets, said of Cintron. "I consider him like a grandfather."

Saturday morning (Queens)

• Police found Jevaughn Jeminson, 23, of Florida, shot multiple times in the torso just after 2 a.m. near Selover Road and Merrick Boulevard in Saint Albans.
• He was transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Police have not made any arrests in the murders.