The apartment building entrance was no longer secure for 21 year old Jaden Stokes, who was fatally shot by a masked and clothed subject in black while waiting for an elevator.
The event took place in 635 E. 12th St., a building in the Campos Plaza NYCHA complex in Manhattan’s East Village, police said.
Another resident of the residential complex, Jordan López, of 24 years old, who was also waiting for the elevator, was hit by a bullet in the leg.
NYPD believe Stokes was targeted of the shooting, which happened last Thursday at 7: 30 at night.
In the Instagram profile of @ NYScoop shows the images of the cold-blooded murder.
In the video you can see López, dressed in a red padded jacket, entering the lobby distractedly with his mobile phone. Stokes, who was wearing a mask, entered behind him.
The two victims were waiting for the elevator when the shooter burst into the lobby and fired several times.
Lopez ran away from the camera view as Stokes lay on the ground.
The suspect escaped through the door of the building, but returned to make sure the job was done.
Also, in the video you can observe EMTs attempting chest compressions on Stokes’ chest.
The victim’s relatives mourned his death.
“All I can say is that they loved my little brother. He was one of eight children,” Stokes’ older brother said. “He started out as a paraprofessional in a public school. He just received the first check from him.”
The reason for the homicide is not clear so far, the police said.
In the GoFundMe created by one of the Stokes brothers the following can be read: “Jaden was taken from this world too young and we will stop at nothing until we find more answers.”
Yahaira López, mother of the surviving victim He said his son didn’t have time to react when the shooting started.
“He was so fast that he didn’t know what happened,” she said. “Unfortunately, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. This happens to too many people.”
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