A 28-year-old man was killed and a 23-year-old woman grazed when two masked gunmen opened fire on the grounds of a Brooklyn housing complex late Thursday, police said.
The man was shot in the head and the woman hit in the neck when the suspects started shooting on the grounds of NYCHA’s Armstrong II Houses on Lexington Avenue near Tompkins Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant around 11:50 p.m., cops said.
Both victims were taken to the Kings County Hospital Center, where the man, identified by cops as Shyhemm Lee, succumbed to his injuries, authorities said.
Shyhemm Lee, 28, was fatally shot in the head and an 23-year-old woman grazed in the neck on the grounds of NYCHA’s Armstrong II Houses, cops said. Kevin C Downs forThe New York PostThe woman was taken to the same hospital, where she was listed in stable condition.
Both shooters fled on foot after the bullets flew, and had not been caught by Friday.
The circumstances leading up to the deadly violence – and whether the two victims were targeted – remain under investigation.
Police are looking for two masked suspects who opened fire, authorities said. Kevin C Downs forThe New York Post
The motive for the deadly violence remains under investigation. Google MapsAs of Sunday – the latest NYPD data available – 14 shootings with 16 victims were reported in the confines of the 79th Precinct, which covers the area.
That total is even with last year’s shooting numbers, the statistics show.
Seven murders were reported in the precinct’s confines by Sunday, up from the five reported during the same period in 2024, according to the data.
