Overview
- Mauro Chimbay, a 43-year-old Queens resident, was killed after being thrown from the hood of a car while trying to stop thieves who broke into his SUV.
- Chimbay was playing volleyball in a park when he was alerted that thieves were ransacking his Toyota Highlander.
- He confronted the thieves, who fled in a white BMW. Chimbay clung to the hood of the BMW and was thrown off, suffering fatal head injuries.
- The thieves remain at large, and the NYPD is conducting an ongoing investigation.
- Chimbay's wife, Marjorie Monserrate, and his brother, Francisco Chimbay, have publicly called for justice.