A 17-year-old boy was shot in the head and killed in Brooklyn Wednesday evening before grieving loved ones gathered in the area to mourn his death and play gospel music.
Ahmir Jordan took a bullet to the head around 8:20 p.m. Wednesday outside an East New York business on New Lots Avenue, police said.
The teen was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the NYPD.
A 35-year-old male who ran into a glass shelf was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, cops said.
An older woman was seen sobbing behind the crime scene tape in the aftermath of the senseless shooting.
“Why did he have to die before me? I didn’t want him to die before me. Why, oh why?” the heartbroken woman cried out.
Loved ones gathered near the scene and were playing gospel music late Wednesday night.
A neighbor who has lived in the area for 12 years said it has “been years” since someone was shot in the neighborhood.
“No mother should have to bury their child. Especially 17 years old,” the neighbor, who declined to provide her name, told The Post.
“That is heartbreaking. And that’s from one mother to another,” she said. “Do you know how a mother feels to come outside and have to identify your child?
“My heart goes out to that family,” she added. “That’s a baby. He was a baby.”
An employee at a homeless shelter across the street from the shooting said he “heard gunshots” from inside the building.
“I was inside the shelter and I ducked. Everybody ducked. Then I came outside to see what was going on,” the unidentified worker said.
“And I saw two men running down New Lots Avenue. They looked young, like teenagers,” he observed.
No arrests have been made as of Wednesday night, police said.
The investigation remains ongoing.
