Overview
- NYPD officers found a man shot multiple times near 899 Crescent Street in Brooklyn and medics took him to One Brooklyn Health–Brookdale Hospital where he was pronounced dead in the late hours of Friday evening.
- Authorities and media identified the victim as Gurdeep Singh, a Punjabi national who lived in the US on a work permit and whose family says he moved there about 13 years ago after taking a loan.
- A surveillance video obtained by CBS shows an on-street altercation, a flash consistent with gunfire, a person falling and a vehicle fleeing the scene, and police say the attack is being treated as a homicide and suspected robbery.
- No arrests have been reported and the NYPD homicide unit continues to examine on-scene evidence and the video as the investigation proceeds.
- The North American Punjabi Association and the victim’s family have demanded swift arrests, coordinated law enforcement action and help repatriating the body, highlighting broader community fears about the safety and economic risks faced by Punjabi migrants.