Man Shoots 15-Year-Old In Both Legs Outside Farragut Houses And Brooklyn Navy Yard

Surveillance video shows the horrifying moment that a man, clad in black, shoots a 15-year-old in both legs outside the Farragut Houses last Friday, April 1.

It was 5:07pm at Sands Street and Navy Street — still daylight hours and right outside the gate to the Brooklyn Navy Yard — when the boy was shot in front of 234 Sands Street, once in the left leg and once in the right leg. The teen was taken to Methodist Hospital in stable condition; the suspect fled the scene on foot.

The suspect is described as a black male, last seen wearing a black baseball hat, black hooded sweatshirt, and blue sweatpants with white stripes.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).  The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

All calls are kept confidential.