On the morning of October 15, 2014, Leonard Phillips, 69, was shot inside his Ditmas Park home at 379 Rugby Road during what police described as a home invasion. The attack happened about 10:47 a.m. Three men forced entry and encountered Phillips’ 71-year-old sister, whom they tied up while demanding money. Phillips discovered the intruders and tried to intervene; one of the assailants shot him in the head on the third floor. He was taken to Kings County Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival.

The NYPD released suspect descriptions, noting one man in a white sweatshirt with a green stripe and another in a black hoodie. On October 18, 2014, police arrested a 20-year-old man from East New York on charges including murder, burglary, attempted robbery and gun possession; two other suspects were still at large. Does anyone in Ditmas Park remember unusual activity or these descriptions from that week in October 2014?