"Fryar exited his vehicle, leaving his wife in the passenger seat, and began arguing with one of the workers over job opportunities. When the dispute escalated, Fryar went back to his car, retrieved an illegal loaded firearm, and fired multiple shots at the group of job seekers, striking 53-year-old Dorothy Dixon, a mother of six and a grandmother, several times in the torso and a 47-year-old man in the leg."
"Fryar fled the scene on foot to his nearby home while his wife drove the car to an unknown location. About a month later, the vehicle was found abandoned roughly five miles away in Brighton Beach. On July 17, 2019, members of the NYPD Warrants Squad arrested Fryar after they discovered him in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, attempting to escape through an air conditioner duct."
On February 4, 2019, 34-year-old Malik Fryar drove to a Coney Island construction site where job seekers had gathered and argued with a worker. The dispute escalated and Fryar retrieved an illegal loaded firearm from his car, firing multiple shots at the group. Dorothy Dixon, 53, a mother of six and grandmother, was struck several times in the torso and later pronounced dead at Coney Island Hospital; a 47-year-old man was shot in the leg and treated at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn. Fryar fled on foot while his wife drove the vehicle, which was found abandoned a month later in Brighton Beach. NYPD arrested Fryar on July 17, 2019, and a jury convicted him of second-degree murder on September 3, 2025. On October 16, Fryar received a 25-years-to-life sentence. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez called the killing senseless and emphasized commitment to reducing shootings and holding offenders accountable.
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