Posted on: February 14, 2025 07:00 AM

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EMT busted in 2021 NYC murder of man in botched Range Rover heist cops

An FDNY EMT was busted Thursday in the 2021 murder of a 22-year-old Queens man who was gunned down as he sat in his Range Rover during an apparently targeted heist, cops said.

Jordan Hannah, 26, who sources said was hired by the FDNY in January 2022, was busted around 9 a.m. on multiple charges – including first-degree murder – in the April 18, 2021 slaying of 22-year-old Kyle Griffin, authorities said.

Officers were responding to a 911 call about the shooting when they found Griffin with a gunshot wound to his back, sitting in the driver’s seat of the white SUV parked at the corner of 41st Street and 30th Avenue in Astoria just after 10 p.m., police said

He was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital-Queens, where he succumbed to his injuries, police said.

Griffin had just left a nearby lounge with friends when a Jeep Grand Cherokee pulled up next to his Range Rover, blocking him from leaving, prosecutors said.

Hannah, who sources said was assigned to FDNY EMS Station 58 in Brooklyn, was arraigned on a 22-count indictment and ordered held without bail Thursday in Queens Supreme Criminal Court, according to prosecutors.

The other charges against him include second-degree murder, robbery, attempted robbery, criminal possession of a weapon and tampering with physical evidence, according to the indictment.

If convicted of the top charge, he could spend the rest of his life behind bars without the possibility of parole, prosecutors said.

The defendant, now an FDNY EMT, thought he got away with murder after allegedly shooting and killing a young man he tried to rob four years ago,” Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said in a statement. “This seemingly targeted robbery will not go unanswered because my office never gives up on our victims.