NYPD hunts for gunman who shot dead a 20-year-old man and injured a woman in broad daylight in Brooklyn
- Deondraye Moore, 20, was shot in the head in Brownsville, Brooklyn on Thursday
- Shaquana Fields, 36, was shot in the chest and arm during the 6:45pm attack
- Moore died in hospital but Fields, an innocent passer-by, is expected to survive
- Police have published a video of the shooting and are appealing for information
- June was the bloodiest month in NYC for almost a quarter of a century
New York Police Department has released shocking footage of a gunman shooting dead a man in broad daylight in Brooklyn, then wandering away.
Rodney Harrison, chief of detectives for NYPD, published footage of the shooting on Friday.
In the clip, filmed on Thursday, a man casually walks through the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, seeming to have his hands in his pockets.
NYPD have released footage of a man in a gray t-shirt gunning down Deondraye Moore, 20
The second man, in white shirt and shorts, watches the grey-shirted man then leaves with him
A second man in a white short-sleeved shirt and shorts walks behind him.
The first man, in a gray polo shirt and jeans, pulls out a gun and fires.
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The two men then turn and walk away.
The incident happened at 6:45pm on the corner of New Lots Avenue and Mother Gaston Blvd.
Deondraye Moore, 20, was shot in the head just as he was about to step into his gated Plaza Residences building, police said.
Shaquana Fields, 36, was shot in the chest and arm as she stepped out of a nearby store.
Both victims were rushed to Brookdale Hospital where Moore died of his wounds.
Fields, believed to be an innocent bystander, was expected to survive.
'I'm still trying to wrap my head around it,' said Derrick Moore, the dead man's father.
'I'm shocked.'
Moore said he spoke to his son just a week ago. The two talked about his burgeoning music career and how Deondraye wanted to do a duet with his father.
Deondraye Moore was shot in the head just as he was about to step into his gated residence
'He wanted me to sing and he would rap,' Moore told the New York Daily News.
'I said "I'll think about it."
'I don't like rap, but I support him.'
New York City is seeing a surge in violence, with the bloodiest June in almost 25 years.
There were 205 shooting incidents in New York City during the month of June alone, according to the NYPD.
'We have to go back to June of 1996 to get a worse start for June,' said Michael LiPetri, chief of crime control strategies. In June 1996 there were 236 shootings recorded.
'That is a telling stat.'
Moore died in Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn on Thursday evening after the 6:45pm shooting
New York City has seen more than 500 shootings so far this year.
Between June 19 and 27, 83 shootings happened, injuring or killing 112 people.
NYPD Chief of Department Terry Monahan said while other crimes are down, violent crimes and shootings are up.
'Shootings have been up in the month of June,' he said on June 22, adding that there were a number of reasons for the increase including bail reform, the George Floyd protests and the animosity toward police officers.
'If you listen to the city council, they want less policing,' he said. 'They want to defund the police, but as I look out there right now with the violence going on, it's not a good sign.
'We need some clarity from the city council and from the communities we serve, exactly how they want to be policed.'
