Teen shot in head at Brooklyn complex where residents feared violence, NYPD says

Police were looking for someone who shot and critically injured a 17-year-old boy early Tuesday at a Brooklyn apartment complex that drew widespread attention when a man murdered two of his neighbors over noise complaints less than two years ago, according to NYPD officials.

Officials said the boy was outside a building at the massive Flatbush Gardens development, near Brooklyn and Foster avenues in East Flatbush, when he was shot in the head around 12:30 a.m.

First responders took him to Kings County Hospital, where police said he was fighting for his life. The NYPD made no immediate arrests in the case.

Some Flatbush Gardens residents told Gothamist earlier this year that they had expressed concerns about their safety at the roughly 60-building complex but were rebuffed by the management. They included Marie Delille, whose 47-year-old husband and 27-year-old son were shot and killed by their downstairs neighbor, former state correction officer Jason Pass, in the hallway outside their home in October 2023. The incident went viral after surveillance footage from the hallway was posted online.

Pass had previously fought with the family over purported noise from their apartment, according to Delille and police. NYPD officers fatally shot him during a confrontation in South Brooklyn several days later.

Delille later sued the landlord over her husband’s and son’s deaths, alleging she had warned management for months about Pass’ threats and asked them to do more to protect her family. A spokesperson for Clipper Management, which oversees Flatbush Gardens, said in a statement at the time that the company was committed to making the complex safe and welcoming for residents, but declined to comment on the pending lawsuit.

Gun violence in the NYPD’s 67th Precinct, which includes East Flatbush and Remsen Village, has remained level so far this year with its amount there by this point last year, according to police data. There have been nine shootings through April 27 this year, the same number as there were during the same period in 2024, the data shows.

This is a developing story based on preliminary information from police and may be updated.