Incident

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1-02-2024 New York Brooklyn 1-0

Location

January 02, 2024

Bay View Houses
1570 E 102nd St
Brooklyn, New York

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Javel Lawton
Age: 15
Age Group: Teen 12-17
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Shootout (where VENN diagram of shooters and victims overlap)
Gang involvement

Notes

Shot outside of Building 8; died at Brookdale; shooting was in retaliation for a shooting on 12/25/23 between 2 women (no inj) at same complex; victim was affiliated with Gorilla Stone Bloods Gang

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://nypost.com/2024/01/02/metro/nyc-shooting-leaves-15-year-old-dead-outside-of-nycha-complex-in-brooklyn/

URL: https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/01/03/boy-15-shot-to-death-outside-brooklyn-nycha-development/

PDF
URL: https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/01/09/murder-of-brooklyn-teen-was-retaliation-for-christmas-day-shooting-cops/

District

Congressional District: 8
State Senate District: 19
State House District: 59