On July 17, 2018, at about 2:45 p.m., 15-year-old Kyon Jackson was shot multiple times near a playground at the Bushwick Houses in Brooklyn and later died at a local hospital. The shooting happened in a crowded area where more than 15 people, including children, were present. The gunman, described as riding a bicycle, fired at least nine rounds. A 42-year-old man was grazed in the cheek by a bullet.

Kyon was an only child, a student at Lyons Community School, and worked at the local community center. He had hoped to play college basketball and buy a house so his mother could move out of the projects. Investigators believed the shooting may have been gang-related and that Kyon was not the intended target.

If anyone was near the Bushwick Houses that afternoon or has information about the shooting or the bicycle seen at the scene, please share what was observed.