On the afternoon of September 21, 2016, 28-year-old Rysheen Ervin of the Howard Houses in Brownsville was shot and killed on a Brooklyn street near a local school, library and daycare. The shooting happened in broad daylight and was witnessed by several people, including a state senator who was in the area for a meeting about creating a safe haven for youth; the senator reported seeing Ervin shot and collapsing before emergency services arrived.

Police responded to a 911 call, found Ervin with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso and transported him to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. The NYPD opened a homicide investigation, canvassed the area and sought to identify those responsible. No arrests or suspects had been publicly identified by the day after the shooting, and the investigation remained ongoing.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see or hear anything that could help identify who fired those shots?