Someone climbed to the rooftop landing of a building on Dumont Avenue in Brownsville, fired a gun multiple times, and then ran off on foot without being caught. No one was hurt, but the NYPD says the unidentified shooter remains wanted for reckless endangerment as of Saturday, more than three days after the gunfire sent an alert rippling through the neighborhood.
The shots were fired at 360 Dumont Avenue on September 16, according to Shore News Network, which reported that investigators are seeking public help identifying and locating the person responsible. The address is in Brownsville.
The incident involved the 73rd Precinct and Police Service Area 2, the report notes. PSA 2, headquartered at 560 Sutter Avenue, is the NYPD housing bureau command responsible for patrolling 42 NYCHA developments across Brooklyn's 73rd, 75th and 77th Precincts, according to the NYPD. The report describes the address as involving both the local precinct and the dedicated housing unit.
A Corridor Already Flagged for Intervention
Dumont Avenue isn't an anonymous stretch of pavement to city officials. It was named one of five target blocks in the 73rd Precinct under New York City's “Every Block Counts” pilot program, alongside blocks on Bristol Street, Christopher Avenue, Lott Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard, an inter-agency effort that steers safety, sanitation and social resources toward blocks with a history of persistent violent crime, per the NYC Mayor's Office. The rooftop gunfire lands squarely on a block the city had already singled out as a chronic problem area.
The suspect fled the area on foot after discharging the firearm, and investigators say they're still working to identify and locate that person. The NYPD confirmed the shooting resulted in no reported injuries, even as the search for the shooter continues. Reckless endangerment, the offense the suspect is wanted for, comes in two tiers under New York law. The first-degree version, a Class D felony under Penal Law § 120.25, carries a potential sentence of up to seven years in prison for conduct that creates a grave risk of death with depraved indifference to human life, according to prior Hoodline reporting. A lesser second-degree charge, a Class A misdemeanor under Penal Law § 120.20, is punishable by up to 364 days in jail or as much as three years of probation for creating a substantial risk of serious physical injury, per the law firm Goldberg & Jaslow.
Shootings Down Precinct-Wide, But Housing Incidents Persist
The rooftop gunfire arrives even as broader crime numbers in the area are trending downward. NYPD CompStat figures through September 13 show the 73rd Precinct recorded 21 shooting incidents and 27 shooting victims so far in 2026, an 8.7% drop from the 23 incidents logged over the same period in 2025, according to NYPD CompStat data. Overall housing crime complaints in the precinct fell 18.6% year-to-date, dropping to 192 reported incidents from 236 during the same stretch a year earlier, the same CompStat report shows.
Part of a Troubling Pattern in Brownsville
The Dumont Avenue rooftop shooting is the latest in a string of gun violence incidents Hoodline has tracked across Brownsville's NYCHA developments this year. In February, a 13-year-old was shot inside the nearby Seth Low Houses. On May 3, 2026, an unidentified gunman fired multiple rounds at a man outside the Brownsville Houses at 295 Osborn Street in Brooklyn and remained at large when Hoodline reported the case in August 2026. Earlier this month, a Bed-Stuy man died after a shooting on Bristol Street, and two men were killed in a shooting at a Brownsville playground just days before that.
For now, the person who fired from the Dumont Avenue rooftop remains unidentified. The NYPD is asking anyone with information to come forward through its Crime Stoppers website or by messaging @NYPDTips on X. Tipsters can also call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or reach the Spanish-language line at 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
