The NYPD has narrowed its focus to a single person of interest in the serial slayings of three Middle Eastern shop owners — and has called in the FBI to draw up a profile of the suspect.
According to a law enforcement source, police are now focused on the suspect known as John Doe Duffel Bag, who was seen on surveillance video running away from the scene of the latest of the three killings, the murder of Rahmatollah Vahidipour Friday night.
“We’re focused on the man with the duffel bag, mostly due to process of elimination,” the source said.
The NYPD released images of four “persons of interest” Sunday night, but two of the people — a woman and a man chasing her — have been interviewed and cleared of any connection to the case.
The woman, cops now believe, was running away after stealing perfume from a Flatbush Ave. street vendor — the man chasing her.
A fourth person is an older woman who is also not believe to be connected to the crime. She is still being sought for questioning as a possible witness.
The same law enforcement source added Chief of Detectives Phil Pulaski asked the FBI if the agency could provide a criminal profiler to work with the NYPD in drawing up a portrait of the killer, who uses a .22 caliber pistol and is apparently targeting balding, middle aged men of Middle Eastern descent.
The killer has struck three times in four months, first killing Mohammed Gebeli, 65, in July, and then Isaac Kadare, 59, in August.
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