Brooklyn father, 28, shot dead, second slaying in East New York in four hours

Nicholas Williams, Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News
Updated ·2 min read
1

A 28-year-old father shot dead in Brooklyn was the second man killed in East New York in four hours, police said Thursday.

Shaimel Kyser was shot in the chest at about 11:15 p.m. Wednesday in front of a home on Sheffield Ave. near Hegeman Ave. He died at the scene.

He was the father to a 10-year-old girl who had just finished up her first day of school hours before Kyser was killed, his grieving cousin told the Daily News.

“He was a nice person. He loved his mother, siblings, his daughter and everybody,” said the woman, who did not want to be named. “He was a family man.”

Kyser was killed five days before his 29th birthday.

Cops say Kyser is a member of the Hood Fresh gang. He was conditionally released from state prison in February 2020 after serving more than a year for a drug conviction.

“It just hurts that we lost a young family member,” his cousin said. “He was a good person who loved his family and it’s so sad that he is gone.”

Two shell casings were recovered as police try to figure out what sparked the shooting and who is responsible.

“You just gotta be safe and pray,” the cousin said. “The world today, people is just dropping like crazy.”

Four hours earlier, another man was shot to death in the same neighborhood about a mile away.

At 7:10 p.m. a gunman walked up to a Nissan Altima parked on Belmont Ave. near Shepherd Ave. and opened fire, striking Aubrey Ammonds, 29 numerous times while the victim was sitting inside the vehicle. The shooter then fled.

Ammonds, a father of two who used to live around the corner but had moved to Queens, was rushed to Interfaith Medical Center. He could not be saved.

Despite the two murders, which are not believed to be connected, slayings in the 75th Precinct which covers the area are down this year, with 13 homicides through Sunday compared to 18 for the same time frame last year.

The 28% drop outpaces the 12% citywide decrease in murders, with 290 slayings so far this year compared to 331 last year through Sept. 4.