18-year-old man fatally shot steps from home in Brooklyn ^44.9%

New York Daily News - By Roni Jacobson - 5/11/2026, 12:55 AM

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An 18-year-old man was gunned down just steps away from his home in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon, cops said. Quahmir Cruz was shot in the chest on Blake Ave. near Mother Gaston Blvd. in Brownsville around 1 p.m., police said. Medics rushed Cruz to Brookdale University Hospital, where he died, authorities said. more