A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed at a public housing complex in Brooklyn on Monday evening, police said as they looked for the person responsible.
NYPD officials said the violence erupted just before 6 p.m. inside a building at the New York City Housing Authority's Sheepshead Bay Houses on Avenue X and Brown Street.
First responders found the teen unconscious with a gunshot wound to his chest, according to police. Emergency medical workers took him to South Brooklyn Health, where he was pronounced dead.
The boy’s father identified him as Ka’mardre Coleman, and said he was an all-around high school athlete known for his skills in football and basketball.
“He was a good kid. He played sports and went to school,” Codwell Coleman said in a phone interview. He added that he lives out of state and is searching for answers about why his son was killed.
Police on Tuesday said they had not yet made any arrests and were still looking into a motive.
Ka’mardre Coleman, 16, in a photo on his social media
The 16-year-old is at least the fifth teen to die from gun violence in the city so far this year, according to police data compiled by Gothamist. Last year, 25 teens died in shootings across the five boroughs.
Shootings and homicides in the 61st Precinct, which includes Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend and Manhattan Beach, are at about the same levels as by this point last year, NYPD data shows. The precinct has had just one other shooting so far in 2026, and no other homicides, according to the data.
A memorial candle for the teenager who was shot to death at the Sheepshead Bay House, on March 24, 2026
Police also said they were investigating a shooting in Kew Gardens, Queens, that left a 29-year-old man dead.
Officers responded to a 911 call for an assault inside a building on Metropolitan Avenue near Lefferts Boulevard around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, authorities said. When police arrived, they found the man with a gunshot wound to his left arm, according to officials. Paramedics transported him to Jamaica Hospital, where he died.
The NYPD identified the man as Queens Village resident Demitri McKay. It did not make any immediate arrests in the case.
Police data shows shootings and homicides in the 102nd Precinct, which includes Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill and Woodhaven, are also roughly level with their totals at this time in 2025. There has been one other homicide and one other shooting in the precinct so far this year, the data shows.
Citywide, homicides have fallen about 35% compared to the same point last year, while shootings are now at about the same level, according to the NYPD.
This story is based on preliminary information from police and has been updated with additional details.
