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Troy Mitchell, a 28-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in the chest around 10 a.m. on October 18, 2015 on Van Siclen Avenue in Brooklyn, about a block from his home. He was taken to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. The shooting occurred in daylight and witnesses reported hearing gunshots and seeing a suspect fleeing the scene.

Investigators treated the case as a targeted shooting and established a perimeter, canvassed the neighborhood and reviewed surveillance footage. Over time police followed leads and questioned multiple suspects, and the investigation developed potential links to local gang activity, but no arrests were announced in the early stages and the case remained unsolved as the probe continued.

Did anyone in the neighborhood or with knowledge of local gang disputes around Van Siclen Avenue in October 2015 see or hear anything that could help investigators?