On Mother’s Day afternoon, May 10, 2026, 18-year-old Quahmir Cruz was shot inside a New York City Housing Authority building at the Van Dyke Houses on Blake Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Police found Cruz with a gunshot wound to the chest just after 3 p.m.; he was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. The shooting occurred a short distance from where he lived.

Cruz was active in his neighborhood as a mentor to children at the Van Dyke Community Center and recorded music under the name Boe Quahh in the Brooklyn drill scene. Family and friends remembered him for his commitment to rising above negative stereotypes and for his community work; social platforms that carried his music became places of public mourning.

The NYPD opened an investigation immediately, but initial public reports gave no suspect description or motive and, weeks after the shooting, no arrests had been announced. Few details about what led to the fatal encounter have been released.

If anyone knew Quahmir, his routines, or saw activity at the Van Dyke Houses on May 10, what information can be shared with detectives to help piece together what happened?