Jamel Sinthoro Upper Davis, 43, was shot and killed inside his Walt Whitman Houses apartment near Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn on April 12, 2026. The shooting happened at about 10:50 a.m. on Cumberland Walk near Carlton Avenue after a domestic dispute that began when Davis’s longtime girlfriend, who was three months pregnant with his child, confronted her 16-year-old son about smoking in the apartment. Davis had told the household he did not want the unborn child exposed to secondhand smoke, and his intervention in the argument with the teenager allegedly escalated to violence. The teen reportedly shot Davis and fled the scene.

Medics took Davis to New York‑Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The NYPD identified the 16-year-old stepson as a person of interest and searched for him for questioning; no arrests had been reported in the initial accounts. Davis, known in the rap community as Sinthoro Upper, was described as a mentor to local teens and had been gaining attention for his song Slidin, which had been featured on an Instagram reel by 50 Cent.

If anyone in Fort Greene has information about what happened that morning or the whereabouts of the person of interest, please come forward.