Blood on the set of “Law and Order.” “At dawn, a crew member was killed at point-blank range in a quiet alleyway in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood, where filming on “Organized Crime” was set to begin shortly thereafter.” of three series in the perennial Franchise inspired by real crime episodes set in New York. Life imitates art. Johnny Pizarro, 31, a Puerto Rican, was killed while defending the parking ban the production had agreed with the city government on the Labor Day that was about to begin. Parking spaces in a metropolis like New York are precious, so hotly circulated was the hypothesis that the stranger dressed in black who approached the car had killed in a gesture between anger and revenge. The man opened the door and fired three shots into the young man’s neck and face. Johnny was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.
“He always wanted to work on the show. He was so happy to get this job,” his Bushwick friends told the New York Times. Greenpoint has been the setting for television series and films for years due to its proximity to film studios, a fact that has caused friction among local residents in the past. Pizzarro’s job was to make sure no one parked on the street where the shooting would take place. It is unclear whether the young man, who had a criminal record, knew his attacker or whether the murder was not related to his duties at “Law and Order”, but rather to a more banal and sinister settlement of accounts. Whatever the motive, the murder of an employee in a high-profile industry and relatively safe neighborhood in Brooklyn — Greenpoint is home to elderly descendants of Polish immigrants and young families with children and dogs — coincided with a moment of fear in the city’s surge in population Crime.
“We will shed light on this and bring the culprit to justice,” said a spokesman for Mayor Eric Adams, a former police captain who has contributed to the feeling of insecurity in the past, for example by explaining that “he’s never seen spirit levels.” . of crimes like this.” Meanwhile, in the hours after the murder, filming of “Law and Order” continued on a neighboring street. “One of our employees was a victim of a crime and died,” NBC and Universal Studios wrote in a joint statement. Law and Order: Organized Crime is one of three series in the franchise currently airing on NBC, along with Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and the original Law and Order, which has been revived for a 21st season. Organized Crime saw the return of Special Victims Unit star Christopher Malone, who left that show before the start of its thirteenth season.
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