NYC 'duck sauce killer' commits suicide before court hearing

The man accused of shooting and killing a Chinese food delivery man in an argument over condiments committed suicide before his court hearing on Friday morning.

Glenn Hirsch, 51, left behind a “rambling, largely incoherent suicide note” where he declared he was innocent and not responsible for murdering Zhiewan Yan, a delivery driver for the Great Wall restaurant in Queens, on April 20, reports the New York Post.

The suspect had been freed in late June after his brother paid a $500,000 bail, on the condition of limited mobility in the city and his use of an ankle bracelet.

Ken Yang, owner of the Queens Chinese restaurant Yan worked, for said he had been “living in fear” since Hirsch’s release.

The attorney for Yan’s family said they were shocked by the news.

“We just found out that defendant killed himself. Zhiwen Yan’s family is in shock. We ask for privacy, and thank the NYPD and District Attorney for their efforts to seek justice,” Jennifer Wu, the family’s pro-bono attorney, said in a statement to The Post.

Yang said Hirsch had an ongoing feud with his restaurant that began in November when he complained he was shorted on duck sauce after picking up an order. He told The Post that the disgruntled customer man repeatedly harassed him and his workers for months, claiming the accused killer once showed up to his eater with a gun in January.

The owner and his staff reportedly wrestled Hirsch to the ground until police arrived.

Then in April, Hirsch allegedly staked out the restaurant, waited for Yan to leave on a delivery run and tailed him to his first stop. Prosecutors said that was where Hirsch shot Yan in the chest, knocking him off his scooter, and left him bleeding out on the sidewalk.

“We report so many times,” Yang said told The Post after Hirsch was finally arrested and charged in June – more than a month after he allegedly gunned down his deliveryman.