On the evening of September 4, 2023, during the West Indian Day Parade in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, 51-year-old photographer Malik Muhammad, known to some as Mookie, was shot and later died at a hospital. The shooting occurred on Sterling Place near Schenectady Avenue after a confrontation between Muhammad and another man; the dispute’s cause is not stated. Muhammad’s father, Hamza Malik, reported his son was shot multiple times in the back. Witnesses described multiple shots fired and chaos at the scene. Paramedics responded but Muhammad did not survive.

A man fled immediately after the shooting but returned soon after and was identified by bystanders; police took him into custody without incident. Authorities later named 39-year-old Sergio Codrington as the suspect and charged him with murder, criminal possession of a firearm, and criminal possession of a controlled substance. A funeral for Muhammad was held on September 12 at the J. Foster Phillips Funeral Home in Queens.

If anyone attended the parade or witnessed the moments before or after the shooting, please come forward with what was seen or heard.