QUEENS — Video of a fleeing car that police believe hit and killed jeweler to the stars Aron Aranbayev was released Thursday.
The footage, taken by a surveillance camera, shows a dark-colored Dodge Magnum that police think was driven into Aranbayev, 40, just steps from his Forest Hills home on 71st Avenue, between 110th and 112th streets.
Police sources said the car may have front-end damage.
Aranbayev, whose clients include Jay-Z and Floyd Mayweather, was being dropped off on Sunday evening in front of his house and got into a dispute with a driver of a passing car, his family said.
According to the NYPD, at some point the driver reversed and then sped forward, striking Aranbayev.
The driver then fled on 71st Avenue towards 112th Street, police said.
Aranbayev, known to his clients as Eric, was rushed to Jamaica Hospital in critical condition. He died on Monday.
According to published reports, the victim's family is offering a $35,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the driver.
The jeweler, whose family came to the U.S. from Uzbekistan, opened his store Rafaello & Co. on 47th Street in the Diamond District in 2009.
Busta Rhymes, who was also one of his clients, took to Twitter to express his grief. "Eric u were truly a shining light bro," he wrote.
I can't believe they took my brother frm me and frm all of us. Eric u were truly a shining light bro.… https://t.co/UFDpX9iJai
— Busta Rhymes (@BustaRhymes) July 22, 2015
No arrests have been made as of Thursday morning, police officials said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
