Police seize NYC killer’s suit as hunt continues

A senior NYPD official said on Wednesday that a hazmat suit was found worn by a gunman who recently killed a Manhattan deli worker and robbed three other stores.

The killer is still being sought.

The Tyvek suit was discovered Tuesday night behind a building on Park Avenue near E. 158 Street in Concourse Village in the Bronx, according to Detective Chief James Essig.

Police tracked the suspect on video after he killed Suen Choi, 67, in a botched robbery on the Upper East Side on Friday and drove off on his scooter.

“You can see him driving in there, in the back of it…on this scooter,” Essig said, “and when we went into the back, we found this Tyvek suit.”

The building is a five minute walk from Ya Ya Deli, located on Melrose Ave. and E. 160th St. According to police, the scammer robbed him 22 minutes after Choi’s murder, arriving and leaving on the same scooter.

According to Essig, the suit is being processed for DNA and fingerprints.

Choi was likely shot when a suspect gunned him down at the Upper East Side grocery store Daona Deli and Grocery, where the victim had worked for 10 years and was popular with regular customers.

The killer, who received only a tray of lighters after the murder, had previously stabbed twice in Brooklyn.

On March 1, he robbed the Super Deli Market on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint.

The militant “calmly” demanded all the money in the cash register and five packs of cigarettes, the worker recalls.

A similar robbery took place on the night of February 25 at the Sunset Bagel Shop in Ditmas Park. The scammer ordered food, announced the robbery, and then fled with cash and several cell phones, police said.

Choi’s murder sparked another call from the NYPD and Mayor Adams for store owners to ask shoppers to remove their masks when they enter the store — at least long enough for their faces to be visible.

“Once you’ve shown the store owner who you are and that’s okay, if you don’t feel comfortable in the store without a mask, be sure to put it back on,” department chief Jeffrey Maddrey said Monday. “But we have to help each other feel safe.”