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The incident unfolded around 7 p.m. on May 10 along DeKalb Avenue in Brooklyn, where Paramedics Youssef Al Hammami and Ryan Kirby, both assigned to Station 31, were driving back from another emergency call when they heard the blast.

An 18-year-old Brooklyn man was shot and killed Sunday afternoon in Brownsville, police said. The victim, identified by authorities as Quahmir Cruz, was struck in the chest just after 3 p.m. in the vicinity of 375 Blake Avenue and was later pronounced dead at Brookdale Hospital. By Sunday evening, police had not released a description of the shooter or a possible motive.

The NYPD reported 19 homicides during April 2026, beating the previous monthly low record of 21 set in 2014 and 2017, marking a historic decline.

I was able to apprehend the individual safely, and no one got hurt. At the end of the day, we're New York City police officers, and we have to take action.

"There's so much violence happening right before spring and summer come. Now is the opportunity to have the clergy outside the four walls and being in the street."