On September 30, 2021, at about 4:55 p.m., 19-year-old Myles Jabateh was shot in front of an apartment building at 1593 Prospect Place in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Officers from the 77th Precinct found him with multiple gunshot wounds to the head and buttocks; he was taken to Interfaith Medical Center in critical condition and died the next day, October 1, 2021. Jabateh lived on the same block where the shooting occurred.

NYPD video released to the public shows a Black male walking out of a nearby bodega wearing a light-colored surgical mask, a black hooded jacket, light-colored jeans and black sneakers with blue shoelaces. The footage shows the suspect carrying a black plastic bag, removing a handgun, firing several shots across the street, then walking away. No arrests were announced in early October 2021 and the suspect remained at large.

If anyone who knew Myles or who recognizes the person in the footage has information, please contact the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline.