On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 28, 2021, 16-year-old Cahlil Pennington was shot and killed in East New York, Brooklyn. He was outside the Fiorentino Plaza Houses just after 1:30 p.m. when officers found him unconscious with a gunshot wound to his torso. He was taken to Brookdale Hospital and pronounced dead.

Reports describe a chaotic scene and security footage that allegedly shows Pennington and two other teenagers running on Pitkin Avenue. One of the youths reportedly turned and fired at a gunman pursuing them; that bullet missed the intended target and struck Pennington in the head. Pennington was a student at New Visions AIM Charter High School II, and his death was among several teen gun violence fatalities in the city that week.

Police opened an investigation after the shooting. As of late September 2021, the suspects in the incident were still at large and no arrests or charges had been reported. If anyone has information about what happened that afternoon or knew Cahlil, please share tips with investigators.