Brooklyn: Man Shot Dead During Early Morning Party

KC · #1 ● 08-15-2023, 01:30 PM

An all-night Brooklyn house party ended in bloodshed early this past Saturday when a man was gunned down, with neighbors describing the East New York residence as a weekly nuisance with booming music and heavy boozing.

K.F., 37 — who was once charged with attempted murder — was leaving the gathering around 5:20 a.m. when he became a victim, fatally shot by a gunman who trailed him outside.

“He didn’t see this coming,” said Ricky Gibson, who acknowledged he runs the regular parties at the house on Louisiana Ave. just south of Linden Blvd. and was cleaning up bottles when the shooting started.

'K' — a regular guest known as “Peewee” — reached for his cell phone when he was hit, but was then shot about four more times outside the home, said Gibson.

“He didn’t know it was coming,” Gibson said. “I believe if there was an altercation, he would have never turned his back.”

“The shots woke me up,” recalled neighbor Kenneth Kitson. “I heard a guy say, ‘You’re running! You’re running!’ and fire two more shots.”

EMS rushed the victim to Brookdale University Hospital , where he was pronounced dead.

The suspect fled the scene on foot and remained at large, with the source of the deadly dispute unclear. Detectives scoured the area Saturday for surveillance footage to help them identify the gunman , police said.

The victim lived in Crown Heights, about four miles from where he was killed.

Court records show 'K' was arrested on Sept. 16, 2009, for attempted murder, assault and weapons possession in Brooklyn but never convicted.