On a Sunday afternoon in January 2019, Philip Scarlett, a 43-year-old Black man, was fatally shot while protecting his 14-year-old daughter at the Kingsborough Houses in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Scarlett had been waiting in his girlfriend’s sixth-floor apartment when his daughter came to the building to get money for laundry. Two masked men confronted and grabbed her in the hallway. Hearing her cries, Scarlett pushed his daughter into the apartment and used his body to shield her.

The assailants then dragged Scarlett down a staircase and shot him in the hip and thigh. He was taken to Interfaith Medical Center, where he died of his injuries. Investigators believe the attack was motivated by robbery. Two suspects have been identified: Waki Bullock and Rashawn Brown. Bullock was located in Georgia and brought back to Brooklyn to face charges; Brown was also arrested and charged in connection with the case.

Does anyone have information about the shooting or knew Philip and his family that could help fill in what happened that day?