Man shot dead in Brooklyn while washing car, latest victim in spate of citywide shootings since Friday
By NICHOLAS WILLIAMS, ELIZABETH KEOGH and THOMAS TRACY
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 20, 2020 | 8:26 PM
Kenneth Singleton, 35, was cleaning his car outside his home on Milford St. near Blake Ave. in East New York around 11 a.m. when the gunman came up behind him and opened fire, police and witnesses said. (Obtained by Daily News)
A man was fatally shot in the neck while washing his car in Brooklyn on Saturday — the 18th person to fall victim to gun violence during a bloody weekend across the city.
Kenneth Singleton, 35, was cleaning his car outside his home on Milford St. near Blake Ave. in East New York around 11 a.m. when the gunman came up behind him and opened fire, police and witnesses said.
Medics rushed him to Brookdale Hospital where he died. No arrests have been made.
A video of the horrifying attack was released on Twitter by the NYPD Saturday, showing the victim hunching down while washing the car, the gunman boldly walking up behind him and then opening fire. The victim is then seen slumping onto the pavement.
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By Saturday evening, neighbors gathered in front of his home to mourn him, but did not want to speak to reporters. His family declined to comment.
Relatives said NUSingleton had a son and was an entrepreneur who promoted his own clothing line.
“It ain’t suppose to happen to him,” his devastated uncle said. “He was an extremely good gentleman, he had a son, he was out here doing videos, doing his own thing. He was good kid.”
Kenneth Singleton was pronounced dead at Brookdale Hospital after he was shot in the head while washing his black Chrysler 300 sedan parked outside of 334 Milford Street in Brooklyn on Saturday June 20, 2020. (Theodore Parisienne/for New York Daily News)
Last month, neighbors said a man was fatally stabbed in the neck and stomach during a fight outside a deli on the same corner.
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“It’s disgusting,” one woman said. “With all that is going on that’s disgusting. This is too much.”
Singleton is at least the 18th person to be shot in New York City since Friday, authorities said.
Eight people were shot but survived in two separate shootings in the Bronx on Saturday.
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An additional nine people were shot in eight incidents on Friday — including 27-year-old Hassan Brown, who was killed in an East New York drive-by shooting that also wounded a 17-year-old teen.
The victims were parked in a gray Nissan on Stanley Ave. near Van Siclen Ave. just before 4:15 p.m. when a white Mercedes Benz pulled up next to the car and someone inside opened fire.
RIP. ENY is still no joke.
