A 16-year-old named Kahlik Grier was killed in a Bronx apartment building shooting on the night of January 11, 2021. He had been returning to his family’s apartment after visiting a friend on another floor when a dispute on the ninth floor erupted into gunfire. The shooter wounded two men on the ninth floor, then fled down the stairwell and encountered Grier on the eighth floor, fatally shooting him. Grier was pronounced dead at Jacobi Medical Center.

The investigation produced multiple arrests. Police charged 19-year-old Desire Louree with murder, alleging he orchestrated the initial ambush on the ninth floor, and charged an unnamed 15-year-old with murder, attempted murder, and criminal possession of a firearm. Nineteen-year-old Orlando Benn of Brooklyn was also arrested in connection with the shooting. Kahlik’s 21-year-old brother, Deshaun Grier, was arrested at the scene and charged with criminal possession of a weapon; detectives did not believe he was connected to the shooting itself. The motive for the attack has not been made clear.

Does anyone have information about Kahlik, his family, or the building that could help clarify what led to this shooting?