The incident began around 6 a.m. when police responded to reports of shots fired on Thomas S. Boyland St. near Linden Blvd. in Brownsville.

Officer Sharjeel Waris, 25, was guarding evidence in the vestibule when the killer suddenly opened his apartment door and fired a shotgun.

NYPD officials said 31-year-old Giovanni Rivera was inside the building on 50th Street and Third Avenue in Sunset Park when he was shot in his torso and back around 5 a.m. Monday. First responders took him to NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn, where he was pronounced dead.

What happened this morning is a reminder of how quickly danger finds the men and women who protect this city,” Tisch said.

Surveillance footage recovered by the Daily News shows Dashawn Larode lying in wait in the vestibule before fatally shooting Leroy Wallace.

The NYPD is asking the public for tips to help identify a suspect involved in a Brooklyn armed robbery and shooting on November 6, 2025.

This News Block covers the latest on the Newark mass shooting that left two people dead and several others injured, including a child. In Brooklyn, two NYPD officers were hurt during a standoff that ended with the suspect’s death.