Alleged Getaway Driver Charged In Fatal Execution-Style Shooting On Manhattan Street

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Authorities have charged the alleged getaway driver involved in an execution-style shooting that took place on a busy Manhattan street several years ago.

Lloyd McKenzie was arraigned Wednesday morning in New York State Supreme Court on charges that resulted in the 2012 broad daylight murder of Brandon Lincoln Woodard.

"Three years ago, Brandon Woodard was murdered on a Midtown sidewalk in broad daylight. This brazen shooting, stemming from a major interstate drug conspiracy, shocked and frightened many at the time," said Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. "I would like to thank the prosecutors and investigators in my office and the NYPD for their dedication to this case, and for their continuing pursuit of those responsible."

According to the indictment, McKenzie allegedly owed over $160,000 for cocaine that was supplied to him by Woodard.

On Dec. 10, after Woodard arrived in New York City to collect the money owed, McKenzie and the unknown gunman allegedly lured Woodard to West 58th Street.

Surveillance video shows the suspect, who appears to be bald and has a beard, getting out of a car near 202 West 58th St. about 10 minutes before the shooting and pulling the hood of his jacket over his head, police said. He waited for the victim to pass by, apparently oblivious or not caring about a nearby camera.

As Woodward walked past while looking down at his cell phone, the suspect walked up from behind, pulled out a semi-automatic pistol and fired a single shot, police said.

He then strolled to the corner of 58th Street and Seventh Avenue, hopped into the passenger seat of a waiting Lincoln MKZ with McKenzie allegedly behind the wheel and the two drove away.

McKenzie is charged with second-degree murder, operating as a major trafficker, criminal possession of a controlled substance, conspiracy, and criminal possession of a weapon. He is due back in court on March 15.

The gunman who shot and killed 31-year-old Woodard is still on the loose.