Lavel Flip Fraiser, 40, was fatally shot after answering a knock at the door of a basement apartment on Sterling Place in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights on March 10, 2024. The shooting occurred about 1 a.m.; an unidentified gunman fired multiple shots, striking Fraiser in the torso. He was taken to Kings County Hospital but died of his injuries. The assailant fled and has not been publicly identified.

Friends and family left flowers, candles, and balloons outside the apartment and described Fraiser as a very good guy. Police say the Sterling Place location is known for gambling and drug activity; the NYPD has posted flyers in the neighborhood and is asking for information that could lead to the shooter’s arrest. No arrests have been announced and the investigation is ongoing.

If anyone saw activity near Sterling Place around 1 a.m. on March 10, 2024, or has information about who knocked on that door, please come forward.