Chilling new details have emerged about the execution-style killing of a recently released convicted murderer in Queens, including that in the weeks leading up to his slaying he would look over his shoulder whenever he ventured outside the hotel where was staying.
Jermaine Dixon, 46, was fatally shot in the back of the head by a suspected hitman disguised as a Hasidic Jew early Monday morning in Queens.
Shocking surveillance footage captured the moment Dixon was ambushed as he climbed into his car, parked just 500 feet from the Comfort Inn that he called 'home.'
The cold-blooded execution took place in broad daylight, less than a year after Dixon, a former gang member, was released from prison after serving 19 years for a murder conviction.
Law enforcement sources told NBC New York they are looking into the possibility that the unidentified gunman targeted Dixon because he believed the ex-convict was cooperating with the government as an informant against his co-defendants.
Detectives also revealed that in the weeks leading up to his death, Dixon would look around him whenever he walked from the hotel to his rental car, as if he knew someone was after him.
Jermaine Dixon, 46, can be seen walking to his car (top middle in light colored clothing) as the shooter looks under his hood (dressed in black) before he ambushed and shot Dixon as he was getting into his car in South Ozone Park, Queens, New York
Dixon can be seen through the tree limbs unresponsively slumped in the front seat of his car as the shooter runs back to his vehicle
A spokesperson for the NYPD told DailyMail.com on Friday that so far there have been no updates in the search for the killer, and the investigation was ongoing.
Video obtained by DailyMail.com shows the killer wearing a traditional rekel - a long, black coat - and a wide-brimmed black hat.
The gunman had his trunk, hood and car door open before hunching under the hood as Dixon approached his own car, according the video.
Once Dixon turned his back on the man to open the door of his car, the hitman ran across the street and shot the former 'Patio Crew' gang member in the back of the head, the video showed.
Dixon's body was slumped in the front seat as the man ran back to his car, slammed the hood down and drove away from the scene.
Cops discovered the slain victim around 8 a.m. on South Conduit Avenue in South Ozone Park and Dixon was pronounced dead at the scene.
The NYPD described the killer as a
