The New York Police Department has released shocking images of a gunman who shot a man in broad daylight in Brooklyn and then walked away.
Rodney Harrison, NYPD chief of detectives, posted footage of the shooting on Friday.
In the video, shot on Thursday, a man casually walks through the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, apparently with his hands in his pockets.
NYPD has released images of a man in a gray T-shirt shooting Deondraye Moore, 20
The second man, in a white shirt and shorts, looks at the man in the gray shirt and then leaves with him.
A second man in a white short-sleeved shirt and shorts walks behind him.
The first man, in a gray polo shirt and jeans, pulls out a pistol and shoots.
The two men turn and leave.
The incident occurred at 6:45 pm at the corner of New Lots Avenue and Mother Gaston Blvd.
Deondraye Moore, 20, was shot in the head just as she was about to enter her closed Plaza Residences building, police said.
Shaquana Fields, 36, was shot in the chest and arm as she was leaving a nearby store.
Both victims were transferred to Brookdale Hospital, where Moore died of his injuries.
Fields, an innocent bystander, was expected to survive.
“I’m still trying to figure it out,” said Derrick Moore, the dead man’s father.
‘I am shocked.’
Moore said she spoke to her son just a week ago. The two discussed their burgeoning music career and how Deondraye wanted to duet with her father.
Deondraye Moore was shot in the head just as she was about to enter her locked residence.
“I wanted him to sing and rap,” Moore told the New York Daily News.
‘I said “I’ll think about it.”
“I don’t like rap, but I support it.”
New York City is experiencing a surge in violence, with the bloodiest June in nearly 25 years.
There were 205 shooting incidents in New York City during the month of June alone, according to New York Police.
“We have to go back to June 1996 to have a worse start to June,” said Michael LiPetri, head of crime control strategies. In June 1996 there were 236 shootings.
“That is a revealing statistic.”
Moore died at Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn on Thursday night after the 6:45 pm shooting.
New York City has seen more than 500 shootings so far this year.
Between June 19 and 27, 83 shootings occurred, injuring or killing 112 people.
New York Police Department Chief Terry Monahan said that while other crimes are down, violent crimes and shootings have increased.
“The shootings have increased in the month of June,” he said on June 22, adding that there were several reasons for the increase, including bail reform, George Floyd’s protests and animosity towards police officers.
“If you listen to the city council, they want less surveillance,” he said. “They want to shell out the police, but as I look outside with the violence right now, it’s not a good sign.”
“We need some clarity from the city council and the communities we serve, exactly how they want to be watched.”
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