NYPD Hunts Jesus Acosta in 2 Fatal Shootings Across Brooklyn and the Bronx

Q: What chilling motive connects an unprovoked Brooklyn restaurant attack to a deadly Bronx deli robbery days later?

The apparent link is robbery carried out with extreme, seemingly indiscriminate violence. Investigators now believe the Brooklyn restaurant shooting, initially described by the owner as unprovoked because workers did not know the gunman and there was no argument, was likely an attempted holdup. Additional reporting says Jesus Acosta is suspected of trying to rob American Best Wings & Pizza in Brownsville when he shot two workers, killing 44-year-old employee MD Yousuf and wounding another man in the leg. Roughly 48 hours later, police say the same suspect entered 149 Grill & Deli in the Bronx, immediately shot a 33-year-old customer multiple times, then went behind the register, threatened workers and stole cash before fleeing. That victim later died. What makes the motive especially chilling is that, in both cases, the violence appears detached from any personal dispute. Police and local reporting indicate Acosta did not know the victims, suggesting the shootings were not targeted over a prior conflict but were part of armed robberies in which strangers were gunned down with little or no provocation. So the connection investigators are pursuing is not just that the same suspect may be responsible for both killings, but that both attacks fit the pattern of a robbery spree marked by sudden lethal force against people who simply happened to be in the way.

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 26

31-year-old Jesus Acosta is being sought in two New York City killings after a Bronx deli shooting Tuesday turned fatal, making the case a homicide.
12:16 a.m. Tuesday, a gunman shot a 33-year-old man multiple times at 149 Grill & Deli in the Bronx, then stole cash from behind the register and fled.
Shortly after midnight Sunday, police say Acosta also shot two men inside 842 Rockaway Ave. in Brooklyn, killing a 44-year-old man and wounding a 39-year-old in the leg.
NYPD released surveillance images and identifying details, describing Acosta as 5-foot-11 and 175 pounds, with tattoos reading "Bronx" on his hand and "Bobby" on his left forearm.
The two attacks unfolded days apart in different boroughs, widening the manhunt as police ask the public for help locating him.