A black teen was fatally shot on Tuesday in the head outside a Brooklyn bodega.
Jeremiah Dickey, 19, was shot once in the head near Elton Street and New Lots Avenue around 6:45 p.m.
Dickey was rapping along to a favorite song on Facebook Live when he was fatally shot in the head, Daily News reports.
Unconscious and unresponsive when officers arrived at the crime scene, Dickey was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The shooter fled the scene in an unknown direction and no arrests had been made, according to Pix11.
“I thought it was firecracker or people playing. I didn’t know it was that serious,” Yi Lin, a store clerk who works nearby told NBC New York.
Dickey, according to reports, was about 30 seconds into his Facebook Live post, when the gunshots were fired.
The phone he was using fell and the screen went black, but “30” by Brooklyn rapper Bizzy Banks keeps on playing. “Head shots cause a whole lot of damage,” Banks raps.
“He was a good kid. Never caused problems. Everyone was shocked,” a heartbroken neighbor Dickey Maria Monello, 45, said.
“There’s a lot of kids around here where you wouldn’t be shocked. But everyone was shocked when they found out it was Jeremiah. Even the guy in the bodega was crying,” Monello added.
“No mother should bury their children. His mother just had a stroke. He said she was doing better. He has siblings. Lots of siblings,” Monello said.
Dickey’s sister Melissa Dickey said Wednesday as she lit a candle at the scene where her sibling was shot: “He was a good person. I don’t know what happened,” the victim’s sister Melissa Dickey. “I have no idea who did this to him.”
According to the Daily News, citing relatives, Dickey recently moved from Brooklyn to the Bronx with his mother.
Amer Shammakh, 36, was working at the bodega when Dickey, a regular customer, was shot.
“I heard shots outside,” Shammakh said. “A few minutes later all the police arrived.”
“When we went outside there was a huge crowd of people. I was surprised because this is a safe area,” he added.
“He was a good guy. You could see the smile in his face. He always helped you . . . I feel so sorry. Life is too short. I hope they find who did this.”
“I saw him all the time,” said childhood friend Gabby Allison, 19. “When somebody you see all the time passes away it’s just like, wow. I’m the same age as him. Why did they have to take somebody so young?”
A Florida woman described as a career shoplifter was handed a 30-year prison sentence after…
The city of Cleveland, Ohio, has reached a $4.8 million settlement with the family of…
Anthony Madu, the 14-year-old Nigerian dancer from Lagos who gained admission to a prestigious ballet…
Actor-host Wayne Brady recently opened up about his early financial struggles in his now thriving…
Mia Arianna, also known as @mia.ariannaa on TikTok, helped her son become an honorary team…
Alvin Gauthier, a Grand Prairie USPS postman, recently went above and beyond to brighten a…
Maj. Gen. Fatuma Gaiti Ahmed is the first female commander of the air force and…
Benjamin E. Mays High School brought together its 272 senior class members for a meeting…
Afrika Owes' emotional response to learning that she had passed the bar exam on her…
A 49-year-old New York attorney was on April 26 sentenced to 10 years in federal…
During an appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show on Wednesday, pop legend Cher opened up…
Authorities in Florida said an 11-year-old boy was accidentally shot and killed by his 14-year-old…
The famous Taylor Schlitz family is making headlines once more as the youngest of the…
Sony Pictures Entertainment has appointed Tahra Grant as its Chief Communications Officer. She replaces Robert…
Meet Ashley M. Fox, the founder of Empify and the first in her family to…