Shortly after midnight on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, gunfire erupted inside the lobby of a three-story apartment building on Euclid Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn. Twenty-four-year-old Jarell Sutton was shot in the chest and later died at Brookdale University Hospital. A second 24-year-old man was wounded in the foot and taken to the same hospital by private means; his condition was reported as stable. The relationship between the two victims has not been disclosed.

Police from the 75th Precinct recovered a single shell casing and a bullet from the building’s entrance, indicating the shooting occurred inside the lobby. Anyone with information about what happened that pre-dawn hour is asked to come forward.