On the evening of April 27, 2024, a burst of gunfire in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, killed 24-year-old Daequan Buckley. Buckley was sitting in the driver’s seat of a BMW at 54th Street and Church Avenue around 8:43 p.m. when a passenger in the vehicle opened fire, striking him in the abdomen. He was taken to Brookdale Hospital Medical Center and pronounced dead.

Investigators briefly detained two people of interest; a 15-year-old was found with a gun and charged, but was later ruled not connected to Buckley’s murder, and the other person of interest was released. No one has been charged in the killing and the NYPD has asked the public for information.

Family and friends remember Buckley as a devoted father to a 4-year-old and as someone talented with computers, able to take apart and reassemble systems; his half-sister served as a close, mothering presence in his life. The community mourns a young life ended by gun violence.

If anyone has information that could help identify the shooter, please contact the NYPD.