Sufferer Shaivar Sonalall was discovered sprawled out on the bottom close to the nook of one hundred and first St. and Liberty Ave. in Ozone Park, dying from extreme influence accidents throughout his head and physique round 10:45 p.m. Thursday.
Responding officers discovered Sonalall’s spouse, Christine Naiome Sonalall, 30, sitting inside a black Infiniti Q50 with one other man a brief distance away from the place her husband was hit, police and family members mentioned.
EMS rushed Sonalall to Jamaica Hospital, however he couldn’t be saved.
Christine and her 31-year-old male companion, believed to be her ex-boyfriend, advised police Sonalall had adopted them to one hundred and first St. after which stormed as much as the automotive window, reaching for one thing as if he had a gun, the pair advised investigators.
Shaivar Sonalall.
The ex-boyfriend advised police he feared for his life and sped off down one hundred and first St., placing Sonalall as he zipped away.
A consultant from the Queens District Legal professional’s Workplace mentioned no expenses had been instantly filed as police and prosecutors proceed to analyze.
Cops had been advised Sonalall and his spouse had been estranged, however the lifeless man’s family members mentioned the 2 had been very a lot in love and had simply attended a marriage collectively the weekend earlier than he was killed.
Persaud mentioned that Sonalall “just wanted to know where his wife was” when he was run down.
Sonalall lived with Persaud, his mom, and youthful sister, family members mentioned. Christine additionally lived with them, however usually stayed elsewhere “with relatives” because the sufferer sometimes labored all night time as a Lyft driver, Persaud admitted.
Cops responding to a name about an assault in progress on the nook of one hundred and first St. and Liberty Ave. in Ozone Park found the sufferer sprawled out on the road with extreme accidents throughout his physique round 10:45 p.m. on Thursday, with a person and a lady sitting in a automotive close by, in accordance with police. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Every day Information)
That they had been married for 2 years, she mentioned.
On the night time of his dying, Sonalall’s household, who dwell close by, confirmed up on the scene. His mom was so crippled by grief that Persaud needed to establish the younger man’s physique on the hospital, she mentioned.
“I saw his face. It was terribly damaged,” she mentioned. “The doctor said he died on the spot.”
“We’re just hearing different things. We don’t understand,” one other relative who wished to not be named, mentioned. “[The driver] ran someone over and killed him. How are there no charges?”
Sonalall, Persaud mentioned, was a “hard-working Lyft driver,” who additionally supported his mom and his 14-year-old sister. He immigrated to New York from Guyana six years in the past.
“[He wanted] a better life,” Persaud mentioned. “He didn’t even live his life yet. Next month is his 24th birthday.”
The heartbroken aunt doesn’t understand how he might have met such a violent finish.
“It doesn’t make sense,” she mentioned. “He wasn’t a stalker. [The driver] could have just reversed the car.”
With Thomas Tracy
Initially Printed: August 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM EDT
