Zhiwen Yan was a 45-year-old Chinese immigrant and long-time Forest Hills, Queens restaurant worker who supported a wife and three children by working at the Great Wall and holding multiple jobs. Known for his friendly manner and for making deliveries on a scooter, he was shot in the chest on the night of April 30, 2022 while stopped at a red light at 108th Street and 67th Drive after completing a delivery. Surveillance video captured the attack; Yan was taken to a hospital but died from his injuries.

Investigators concentrated on a disgruntled customer of the restaurant, 51-year-old Glenn Hirsch, after a dispute that began in November 2021 over an insufficient amount of duck sauce. Prosecutors said the dispute escalated into months of harassment, threats, alleged menacing with a gun, and vandalism. Surveillance footage reportedly showed Hirsch’s vehicle circling the restaurant and following Yan as he left. Hirsch was arrested in early June 2022 on murder, weapon possession, stalking and related charges and held on bond; a search of his home reportedly turned up a refrigerator stocked with duck sauce and other condiments.

Yan’s family and the community were left grieving and without a final resolution to his death. If anyone knew Yan, his routines, or saw activity around 108th Street and 67th Drive on April 30, 2022, please come forward with information.