One person was killed and three more wounded when a scooter-riding gunman zipped around Queens and Brooklyn apparently firing randomly at people on the streets.

Thomas Abreu, 25, was taken into custody Saturday afternoon and charged early Sunday with murder, attempted murder, and criminal possession of a weapon, WNBC reported.

Investigators don’t know what prompted the shooting but say it appeared that Abreu was riding around the city “randomly shooting.”

“At this time, we don’t know the motive. It seems that his acts were random. If you look at the demographics and pedigree of the victims, they’re all different at this time,” Assistant Police Chief Joseph Kenny said.

As CrimeOnline previously reported, the first gunfire was reported at 11:10 a.m. on Saturday, when a 21-year-old man was shot in the shoulder in Brooklyn. He was taken to Brookdale Hospital Medical Center and is expected to survive.

About 15 minutes later, the gunman had made his way to Queens, where he shot 86-year-old Hamoo Saeidi in the back, WABC said. Saeidi was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center where he died.

A few minutes later, still in Queens, witnesses said a man on a scooter fired randomly into a group of people standing at 108th Street and Jamaica Avenue. No one was struck in that shooting.

Just after 11:30 a.m., a 44-year-old man was shot in the face. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in critical condition. Minutes after that shooting, a 63-year-old man who shot in the shoulder and taken to the same hospital. He was in stable condition.

About a minute later, the man on the scooter fired at a 40-year-old man at the intersection of Jamaica Avenue and 131st Street. He was not shot.

Acting New York Police Commissioner Edward Caban said authorities sent out a photo of the suspect on the scooter taken from surveillance video to every officer on the street.  Officers in Queens spotted him shortly after 1 p.m. and took him into custody.

He was carrying a 9mm pistol with an extended magazine, Caban said.

Police said Abreu had one prior arrest for a traffic violation.

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