On the evening of May 13, 2020, 31-year-old Bernardo Bernard was shot and killed in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. The shooting happened about 8:23 p.m. near 93rd Street and Clarkson Avenue after the ShotSpotter system alerted the 67th Precinct to gunfire. Officers found Bernard on the pavement with a single, fatal gunshot wound to the chest; he was taken to Kings County Hospital Center and pronounced dead there.

Bernard, a Black man who was known to some as a rapper and was a father of two, was the subject of an NYPD homicide investigation. Detectives canvassed for witnesses and sought surveillance footage, and police described the area as prone to violence. No arrests or public identifications of suspects had been announced and the motive remained unclear.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about Bernardo’s death, please share what you know.