A 27-year-old man was shot in the left knee in broad daylight outside 953 Dekalb Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, and the gunman who opened fire on him is still on the loose five days later. The shooting happened at around 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 5, within the 81st Precinct, and police say the attacker fired several rounds before running off.
According to NYPD Crime Stoppers
, the victim was in front of the Dekalb Avenue address when an unidentified man approached him and opened fire, striking him in the knee. The assailant discharged his weapon several times at the victim before fleeing on foot northbound on Lewis Avenue toward Willoughby Avenue, after which he disappeared to parts unknown, the agency said. No description of the shooter has been released, and it is not known whether anyone has been arrested in connection with the attack.
Crime Stoppers is now offering a reward of up to $3,500 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in the case. Tipsters can call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) for Spanish speakers, or submit tips online through crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or via X at @NYPDTips.
A Broader Dip in Brooklyn Shootings
The Dekalb Avenue shooting lands amid a mixed picture of gun violence trends across the borough. Brooklyn recorded 131 shooting incidents through August 16 this year, an 18.1% drop from the 160 logged over the same stretch in 2025, according to PIX11. Brooklyn North, which includes the 81st Precinct, saw an even steeper decline, down 28.2% to 74 incidents from 103 a year earlier, while Brooklyn South held flat at 57 incidents in both years, the outlet reported.
Through March 15, the 81st Precinct had logged two shootings year to date, one more than it had recorded by the same point in 2025, per amNY.
Other Violence in the Area
The Dekalb Avenue shooting is not the only act of gun violence reported in the neighborhood this year. amNY reported that a shooting just before 10:30 p.m. on March 19 at an apartment building at 1625 Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, also within the 81st Precinct, left a 21-year-old woman with multiple gunshot wounds and a 40-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to her abdomen. The outlet said the NYPD was investigating that incident as a likely domestic dispute and that no arrests had been made at the time of its report.
Separately, News 12 reported on a 2024 double shooting on Dekalb Avenue near the Lafayette playground at around 8:30 p.m., in which a 37-year-old man was shot in the back and stomach and a 47-year-old man was shot in the backside; both were expected to recover.
Anyone with information about the November 5 shooting is urged to contact NYPD Crime Stoppers by phone, online, or through social media, as the search for the gunman continues.
