On August 21, 2024, at about 3:40 p.m., 54-year-old Darryl McMillan was shot in the chest near the PO Reinaldo Salgado Playground on Monroe Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. He was taken to Kings County Hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival. McMillan, a Black man from Queens, had been staying with a friend on Monroe Street because a construction accident had left him unable to work.

The New York Police Department investigated after the incident was first reported as an assault in progress. A 15-year-old male named Jameir Perry was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon; he was arraigned and being held without bail. Reports say Perry had a prior arrest on robbery charges in April 2024. The motive and the circumstances that led to the shooting have not been publicly disclosed.

If anyone was in the area that afternoon or has information about what led to the shooting, please share what is known with investigators.