Three intruders climbed onto a balcony and forced their way into a Richmond Hill home at about 4:10 a.m. on September 9, 2026, striking a 30-year-old man in the face with a weapon and firing a gunshot that missed everyone inside before fleeing with a stash of collectible cards. The attack near 101st Street and 85th Road also left a 33-year-old woman and a 60-year-old woman thrown to the ground, and one suspect forcibly ripped the 60-year-old woman's cellphone from her hands.
According to amNewYork, one of the suspects fired a shot in the direction of the victims, but it missed hitting anyone, per police sources cited in that report. The injured man was taken to Jamaica Hospital for treatment, and his injuries were described as not life-threatening. Officers from the 102nd Precinct responded to the scene, and as of the report, police had made no arrests in the ongoing investigation.
The three unidentified suspects fled southbound along 101st Street after removing collectible cards, amNewYork's report states. The precinct that covers the crime scene, the NYPD's 102nd, serves central Queens neighborhoods including Richmond Hill, Kew Gardens, Woodhaven, and northern Ozone Park, with its station house at 87-34 118th Street, according to the NYPD.
A Precinct Already Seeing More Robberies
The invasion lands in a precinct already logging a rise in robberies this year. The 102nd Precinct had recorded 105 robberies year-to-date through September 6, 2026, up 12.9% from 93 robberies over the same period in 2025, per the same amNewYork account. That local uptick echoes a broader pattern Hoodline has tracked in the precinct: NYPD CompStat data covering the week of June 15–21, 2026 showed 161 felony assaults year-to-date in the 102nd, up 15% from 140 during the same span in 2025, a trend detailed in Hoodline's earlier coverage of a dead-end shooting in the neighborhood.
That local rise stands in contrast to citywide numbers. Midyear 2026 NYPD CompStat data analyzed by public safety researchers showed citywide burglaries fell 15.2% and robberies dropped 11.8% compared to the first half of 2025, according to Vital City. Even so, felony assaults across New York City have continued a six-year upward trend during that same period, the outlet reports — meaning while major property crime is easing citywide, violent physical confrontations keep climbing, a pattern visible in this precinct's numbers as well.
Collectible Cards Keep Turning Up In Armed Crimes
The theft of collectible cards during this home invasion is discussed below alongside other reported crimes involving collectible cards.
That trend has already produced a brazen daytime robbery in Manhattan. On January 14, 2026, three armed masked suspects stormed the Poké Court card shop in the Meatpacking District during a community event, holding 40 customers and employees at gunpoint while stealing more than $100,000 in collectible cards and a customer's cellphone, according to 1010 WINS. The suspects smashed glass display cases with hammers and fled the scene within three minutes. Even Tom Brady's CardVault store in Palo Alto was burglarized one week after opening, when a window and display cases were smashed and 60 collectible cards valued at more than $12,000 were stolen, as reported by ABC7 News.
A Second Queens Home Invasion In Days
A separate Queens home-invasion case involved two men being held at gunpoint and bound with duct tape while suspects fled with gold chains on foot and by moped. Whether the two cases are connected has not been established.
A separate Queens home-invasion case was referenced in earlier coverage. New York law is also relevant to the discussion of armed home invasions.
Whether the Richmond Hill family was specifically targeted for a collectible card inventory, and whether the 102nd Precinct Detective Squad is investigating any pattern linking this case to other recent Queens residential invasions, remains unclear. No arrests had been made as investigators continued searching for the three suspects.
