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A man accused of gunning down a 71-year-old grandfather in Chinatown appeared in court Thursday as prosecutors said they had no clue why he opened fire, other than “sometimes people just do evil things.”
Woom Sing Tse went out to get a newspaper on Tuesday and never came home.
Alphonso Joyner, 23, was ordered held without bail during a court hearing Thursday following his arrest on charges including first-degree murder and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon stemming from the brazen killing of 71-year-old Woom Sing Tse.
Woom Sing Tse, 71, was on his way to buy a newspaper for his wife when a man drives by and begins shooting him multiple times. Tse falls to the ground, and the driver gets out and kills him.
“He came here for a better life for his family and paved the way for his generation. You know, the immigrant dream to come to America,” his son William Tse said.