Aarmani Dawkins, 29, was fatally shot outside the Grace Towers apartment building at 2060 Pitkin Avenue in the New Lots section of Brooklyn on Saturday, November 2, 2024, at about 5:51 p.m. Officers from the 75th Precinct responding to a 911 call found him with gunshot wounds to his neck and abdomen. He was taken to Brookdale University Hospital in critical condition and died a short time later.

In the days after the shooting no arrests had been announced, and police had not publicly named any suspects or offered a motive. It is not known whether Dawkins was the intended target. Anyone with information about what happened that evening is asked to come forward.