Overview
- Police say officers responded to a Friday evening 911 call and found Gurdeep Singh with multiple gunshot wounds near 899 Crescent Street in Brooklyn; he was taken to One Brooklyn Health‑Brookdale Hospital and pronounced dead.
- Surveillance footage reported by local outlets appears to show two people fighting before flashes consistent with gunfire, one person falling and another getting into a car and driving away, and investigators say the attack may be linked to an attempted robbery.
- NYPD searched the neighborhood for hours and has opened an active homicide probe but has not identified or arrested a suspect.
- Singh’s family in Kapurthala, Punjab, has asked Indian and US authorities to help repatriate his body and seek swift arrests, and the North American Punjabi Association has demanded a full investigation and stronger protections for the Punjabi/Sikh diaspora.
- Family accounts say Singh travelled to the US in 2017 after taking large loans and worked on a permit as a delivery partner, a background that community leaders say highlights migrant vulnerability and could push calls for better law‑enforcement coordination and consular support.