Thomas' slaying is the latest in a string of violent crimes across the Big Apple, with major crimes surging by more than 40 percent in the past month, compared to the same period in 2021. He remains hospitalized in critical condition. When his family was notified of the attack, Thomas' brother went into cardiac arrest.
Ronald Thomas, 27, of Glen Allen, Virginia, was seen getting into an 'intense' argument with a woman when a gunman pulled up in a car and shot him dead in the Mercedes-Benz GLA 250 he was seated in, New York Daily News reported. A Virginia man visiting his cousin in New York City was shot dead in broad daylight while sitting in a parked car on the Upper West Side.
