A Brooklyn man killed his neighbors, a father and stepson, at gunpoint Sunday night after complaining about noise.
The victims 47-year-old dad, Bladimy Mathurin, and 27-year-old stepson, Chin Wai Mode were shot in the hallway outside their apartment.
What happened?
Cops recovered surveillance footage that shows the gunman, who resides on the third floor of the apartment complex on Brooklyn Avenue., storm upstairs to confront his neighbors for making a racket, according to a police source.
An argument ensued between the victims and their disgruntled neighbor that spilled into the hallway, cops said.
At one point Mathurin retreated back into his home, only to emerge a short time later wielding scissors, cops said.
That’s when the gunman drew a weapon and unleashed a barrage of gunfire, striking both men in the head and back, according to police.
Bladimy Mathurin wife, Marie Delilles said the dispute started with the downstairs neighbor banging on the ceiling before coming upstairs to confront them.
After the shooting, the gunman took an elevator down to the lobby and fled the building heading east towards Brooklyn Ave., cops said.
Investigators recovered nine .45 caliber shell casings and five bullet fragments from the scene.
Police described the shooter as a dark-skinned bald man wearing a blue jacket and tan boots.
Who was Bladimy Mathurin?
Bladimy Mathurin drove a school bus and was an Uber driver.
He was the father of Delille’s three younger children.
They had been married for 19 years.