January 2, 2017
(NY Daily News) He came for a funeral — but died over a gold chain.
In the first homicide of the new year, a gunman killed a 31-year-old man here from Guyana for his grandmother’s funeral during an attempted robbery, his family said Monday.
The gunman also shot Ricky Kalisaran’s brother, Sunny Kalisaran, 24, in the back. The younger man was still hospitalized Monday afternoon, unaware that his older sibling was dead.
The gunman shot the siblings in front of a building on 124th St. near Liberty Ave. in South Richmond Hill at about 3:25 a.m., police said.
Clutching the black shirt Ricky was wearing when he arrived to the city two days ago from Guyana, his mother Anita Kalisaran, 48, was inconsolable as she spoke with the Daily News.
“They killed my son. They killed my son for a gold chain. They shot and killed him. He come here for the funeral and (he’s) dead now,” the distraught mother said.
Ricky arrived in the city last Friday from Guyana. Their grandmother’s funeral was set for Wednesday, she said.
The last time Anita saw her son Ricky was Sunday night. He asked her if she minded if he went out with his brother Sunny for a couple hours.