Cops are looking for a man in black with a black face mask seen on camera gunning down a 17-year-old on a Brooklyn sidewalk in broad daylight, killing him with a shot to the chest, authorities say.
The NYPD identified the victim in the 5 p.m. Wednesday shooting as Graig Bassett. Bassett lived less than a mile from the scene where he was shot, outside a deli on the corner of Saratoga Avenue and Prospect Place in Brownsville. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
There was no immediate word on whether the two may have known each other or what sparked the shooting.
Police released jarring footage of the shooting. It shows the gunman walking across the street, weaving between cars until he gets up on the sidewalk. He looks at someone, pulls up his gun, aims and fires -- then runs off.
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The shooter may have left behind a clue for investigators, however. Just before the shooting takes place, video shows him leaving the deli with a water bottle in his hand. He then puts the water bottle in his pocket before the shooting, and it fell out as he fled from the scene.
Police said they believe the shooting was targeted.
Anyone with information on the shooter is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
