Salvador Agron

Salvador Agron
Born(1943-04-24)April 24, 1943
DiedApril 22, 1986(1986-04-22) (aged 42)
Criminal statusDeceased
ConvictionFirst degree murder (2 counts)
Criminal penaltyDeath; commuted to life imprisonment

Salvador Agron (April 24, 1943 – April 22, 1986), a.k.a. "The Capeman", was a Puerto Rican gang member who murdered two teenagers in a Hell's Kitchen park in 1959. Agron mistook both teenagers for members of a gang called the Norsemen who were supposed to show up for a gang fight. Agron was the subject of the musical The Capeman by Paul Simon.