Erica Lopez Death | Obituary – A 27-year-old man named Ruddy Osias of Bayswater, Queens, has been arrested and charged with murder following the shooting death of Erica Lopez who died on Thursday night.
Lopez passed away after a gunman pulled up and opened fire on her and her boyfriend.
Earlier before the shooting happened, Lopez and her boyfriend Andres Arias, 21, were at a birthday party on a swanky rooftop bar in Manhattan’s Flatiron district when an argument erupted with another group of customers, report said.
The argument reportedly started after a girl groped Lopez. Following the argument, Lopez and Arias decided to leave the bar around midnight but where confronted by some of the group they earlier had altercation with. While being confronted by some members of the group, a car ran up, pulled up and a man opened fire, killing Lopez and injuring Arias.
Osias faces charges of second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon.