A New York Pagans MC leader was gunned down over the weekend in what sources say police investigators believe was a targeted hit.
Police sources say two masked men shot 51 year old Francisco Rosado on Holland Avenue in the Allerton section of the Bronx just after 3 p.m. Saturday. Sources say Rosado was the president of the Bronx Chapter of the Pagans MC.
Rosado was reportedly shot in the chest and head and pronounced at the scene.
The suspects, police sources say, fled the area in a blue Jeep Cherokee with stolen tags. Surveillance video of the two gunmen exiting the Jeep with guns drawn has been recovered. Rosado was shot in a parking lot just across the street.
A motive for the murder was not disclosed. No weapons were recovered. So far no arrests have been announced.
The Hells Angels MC, rivals to the NY Pagans MC , recently moved their New York headquarters to the Bronx, traditionally known as a Pagans stronghold.
The Pagans have been expanding their ranks in New Jersey and on Long Island in the past 18 months.
The Pagans have long been tied to crimes such as alleged drug dealing, prostitution and weapons trafficking. They have also been linked historically to organized crime figures in both New York City and Philadelphia.
The Pagans MC does have a chapter in Philadelphia. The Hells Angels also set up shop with a clubhouse in Southwest Philly in the late 90s, but were driven out of the city after the murder of the Hells Angels MC Philly Chapter vice president Tommie Woods in 2005 in a brazen late night hit on I-76.
That murder has never been solved.
