On the evening of June 11, 2020, 44-year-old jeweler Yosef Hakoun was shot and killed outside his home on Whitman Drive in the Mill Basin neighborhood of Brooklyn. He returned to the house around 8:50 p.m. and became involved in a confrontation with two individuals. One of the suspects produced a gun and fired a single shot that struck Hakoun in the neck. His wife was present but was not physically harmed. Emergency responders transported Hakoun to Kings County Hospital, where he died of his injuries.

The two assailants fled in a silver Toyota sedan and have not been arrested. Investigators have explored whether the killing was connected to the family’s involvement in the jewelry business; Hakoun’s father had previously been the victim of violent robberies, including one in which he was shot in the chest and another in which he was attacked and robbed of valuables. The motive for Yosef Hakoun’s murder remains undetermined.

Anyone with information about the shooting, the silver Toyota, or the two suspects is asked to come forward.