Did you misread the article? Says it happened two days ago (3/14/2022) and a murder charge is pending.

He probably meant to say the cases are related, the suspect of the linked murder case when leaving the Flushing 109th Precinct was yelling "You are Chinese, but you want to be anti-communist"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7MbXJyxMHQ