On October 31, 2021, 24-year-old Benjamin Brown was found with a fatal gunshot wound to his torso inside a building on Willoughby Avenue near Throop Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Emergency responders arrived shortly before 2:30 p.m.; Brown was taken to Woodhull Hospital and pronounced dead.

The NYPD opened an investigation but made no immediate arrests. Brown’s family told reporters they had viewed police video of the shooting and said they recognized the shooter as a close friend who had grown up with Benjamin, a claim that added a painful sense of betrayal for relatives. In the days and weeks after the killing no suspect had been publicly named.

Anyone who knew Benjamin, his movements that afternoon, or who has information about the person shown in the footage is asked to come forward.