"on Jan. 1, 2021, at approximately 1:09 a.m., Swygert and others entered the Umbrella Hotel on 82nd Avenue and Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens where they waited for the elevator. A few minutes later, the three victims exited the elevator and Swygert and his group followed them to the main hotel lobby. Both groups left the hotel and words were exchanged between one of the victims and one of Swygert's companions. A physical fight ensued between the two groups."
"Swygert took out a gun and fired multiple rounds. The defendant allegedly shot 20-year-old Robert Deandre Williams five times. He then fired at the second victim six times, striking him in the stomach, arms and legs. Swygert shot the third victim once in the leg."
"Richard Swygert, 24, was found guilty of gunning down a 20-year-old Robert Williams of Rosedale and shooting and injuring two others in a dispute that erupted between factions of young people outside the hotel. Williams would have turned 21 the following day, instead his was the first murder recorded in New York City in 2021."
On January 1, 2021, at approximately 1:09 a.m., Richard Swygert and others entered the Umbrella Hotel in Kew Gardens. After a physical altercation erupted between two groups in the hotel lobby, Swygert opened fire with a handgun. He shot 20-year-old Robert Williams five times fatally, fired six rounds at a 40-year-old man striking him in the stomach, arms, and legs, and shot a 20-year-old man once in the leg. Williams died from multiple gunshot wounds, becoming New York City's first recorded murder of 2021. The other two victims were hospitalized with serious injuries. Thirteen spent shell casings were recovered from the scene.
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