Last Saturday at 7:30 p.m., a 24-year-old man was fatally shot on Nostrand Avenue near Glenwood. A graphic surveillance video showing Trevonne Winn talking on his cellphone and then getting shot by a man was released, in hopes that more information about the suspect can be found. According to the Post, Winn's mother was extremely upset by the video, because others on the street appear to simply be standing there and watching Winn twitch from his injuries, "What kind of city is this? No one helped my child. Someone could have helped him and turned him over on his side to help him breathe... I saw that video. When I saw the video, I walked out of the room. That will be forever engraved in my memory. I saw my child fall on the floor, and nobody tried to help him."
Winn, who had been living in South Carolina, was standing "outside his uncle's Crown Fried Chicken shop at 2085 Nostrand Ave. in East Flatbush" when the shooting took place. A police source was also disgusted by the behavior of the on-lookers in the video, noting that one person even seemed to take a cellphone picture of the dying man. Here are graphic videos of the shooting, suspect, and on-lookers from the Post and News:
His relatives said that it was likely a mistaken identity killing because he didn't know anyone and wasn't in a gang, but his girlfriend, Andreaka Broom, who is the mother of their one-year-old daughter and is expecting their second child, isn't so sure. Broom, an Atlanta resident, told the Post, "I don't think this was a case of mistaken identity. I saw the video. The killer got a chance to look at him and analyze his face. In my heart of hearts, I know it's not mistaken identity." She added, "He wanted to turn his life around. He hawked comedy-club invites and wanted to pursue a music career in hip-hop. That was his passion. So I don't really think he was up there long enough to be in a gang."
