Police ID suspect in shooting of NY Jets player, detail what led to his arrest in Amherst
Police offered new details in the arrest of the suspected shooter of a New York Jets player but declined to say why they believe the man ended up in Amherst.
Police on Tuesday identified the 20-year-old man who was arrested one day earlier in Amherst in the shooting of a New York Jets player last month in Manhattan.
The New York City Police Department said Frederick Green, of the Bronx, is charged with attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon in the Nov. 16 shooting that critically injured Jets cornerback Kris Boyd.
Police on Tuesday identified the man taken into custody one day earlier in Amherst who was wanted in the Nov. 16 shooting in midtown Manhattan of New York Jets player Kris Boyd.
Maria Lysaker, Associated Press
The U.S. Marshals Service on Monday had announced that a “person of interest” in the shooting was taken into custody in Amherst earlier that day.
The Marshals Service on Tuesday offered additional details on Green’s arrest.
Investigators said Green fled New York City following the shooting and he was later traced to the Buffalo area. The Marshals Service and New York Police Department declined to say why they believe Green ended up in this area.
Members of the Marshals Service office in Buffalo and the service’s New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force tracked Green to an apartment complex near the University at Buffalo in Amherst, authorities said.
On Monday morning, investigators confirmed Green was present in a second-floor apartment in the building. Marshals and other police surrounded the building, knocked on a door and revealed their presence outside.
Officers said they saw Green briefly look out the window, in an apparent attempt to find a way to escape, before he noticed law enforcement on the scene and stepped back into the apartment.
While Marshals and police began evacuating tenants from nearby units, Green walked out of his apartment with his hands in the air and surrendered to police.
The Marshals Service said Green “significantly” changed his physical appearance while on the run, but the agency did not elaborate.
Investigators said they executed a search warrant to try to locate the weapon used in the shooting, but they did not find it.
Green was not named in the Marshals Service news release but was separately identified by New York City police.
The shooting took place just after 2 a.m. Nov. 16 on West 38th Street near Seventh Avenue in midtown Manhattan, the Associated Press previously reported. Boyd, 29, was critically injured by a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
Boyd was with two other Jets players outside the Asian fusion restaurant Sei Less when a group of men mocked the group for their clothing as they walked in, the Gothamist news site reported, citing an NYPD official.
Boyd and his group were inside the restaurant for 10 to 12 minutes and when they came out, the taunting resumed and a fight ensued, according to Gothamist’s report, and that’s when Boyd was shot.
Boyd has since been recovering from his injuries. He made a surprise appearance at the Jets practice facility on Friday, according to Newsday, and several of Boyd's teammates told the outlet he was smiling and in good spirits.