Shooter Arrested in New York City for Execution-Style Murder of Theater Actor

Authorities said the alleged Queens-style execution shooter who killed the young stage actor and teacher was arrested over the weekend – 10 months after the chilling videotaped crime.

Jovan Springer, 29, was arrested Saturday in connection with the alleged drug-related murder of 26-year-old Peter Pantier on March 26 at Grassmere Terrace in Far Rockaway, police said.

Police said Springer was charged with murder and illegal possession of a weapon.

According to authorities, Pantier, who acted in several plays at the national theater in his native Dominica and also taught mathematics, was shot at point-blank range as he walked alongside his killer around 8:10 pm.

Footage of the shooting shows the couple casually walking together on the sidewalk before the suspect fires a bullet into Pantier’s head.

Judging by the video, Pantier instantly fell to the ground, and the militant, after a cold-blooded attack, fled on foot.

The severely injured victim was taken to St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Pantier previously taught high school math and also performed in plays in Dominica, his grieving mother Joycelyn Dodds Pantier told The Post days after the shooting.

“Something must be done,” she said.

She pleaded with Mayor Eric Adams to “fix the city! Hold people accountable for their actions. Children are dying.”

When his parents moved from Dominica to East New York — about 18 months before his death — Pantier first stayed in Trinidad and Tobago to study economics at St. Augustine’s College, his mom said.

“He’s really super smart. He had a very high IQ. Einstein levels,” she said of her son, who was also an actor and musician and wrote his own songs.

But he was battling depression and the family begged him to join them at the Big Apple, which he did, she said.

Police say the shooting was over a drug dispute.

The two men appeared to know each other in some way, police said. Springer is also from East New York.

Springer was ordered to be held without bail at his arraignment on Sunday, the Queens District Attorney’s office said.