Rikers Island Inmate Charged In Alpo Martinez aka Rico’s Murder
The NYPD has arrested a man accused of murdering former New York City drug lord Alberto “Alpo” Martinez. 27 year old Shakeem Parker faces murder and weapons charges in connection with the case.Parker was already in custody on Rikers Island for a previous gun case.
“Detectives gathered information that he was the shooter,” a police spokesman said.
Aside from the November gun possession case, Parker has prior arrests for burglary, robbery and dr*g possession, police said. Martinez was shot and killed in Harlem on Oct. 31, 2021. The NYPD was called to Frederick Douglass Boulevard near W. 147th St. just before 3:30 a.m.
