Video: Broad Daylight Shooting Near Brooklyn College

And here we have chilling silent surveillance video of a Tuesday afternoon shooting outside a McDonald's on Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn, a block from Brooklyn College. In what the Daily News is calling an "artful rubout" attempt, three unidentified men pass a revolver hand-to-hand and then open fire on a fourth teen at point-blank range. But despite holding the gun inches from Tyquan Sewall's 18-year-old head, the gunman missed, grazing the side of his head. And though he connected on the follow-up shots, he failed to kill Sewall, who rolled out into the street, bleeding from the stomach, leg, and groin.

"What you see here is a pretty elaborate choreography of handing off the gun from the first player, to the second player and to the gunman - all along luring the victim to the ambush," NYPD flack Paul Browne tells the News. It's a little hard to make out from the video, but at the six second mark you can see a man in a white T-shirt receive the hand-off from a second man wearing a black shirt and carrying a black backpack. White T-shirt then passes it to a man in a red jacket, who waits at the entrance of the McDonald's for Sewall, wearing a white tank top.

Investigators say Sewall, who reportedly has eight prior arrests including one for armed robbery, was in an argument with the gunman before the shooting. As the clip ends, two men are seen running up to two white plastic bags that Sewall dropped in the street, just as a police van arrives. His assailants, meanwhile, fled through a back door at the McDonald's, ditching the heater in a trashcan a few blocks away, the Post reports.

Sewall is listed in critical but stable condition. NY1 talks to neighborhood residents, and reports that they believe "gun violence should come to an end." (Of course, the libtard MSM ignores all those neighborhood residents who want more gun violence!) "I think they should just take the guns off the streets, take the guns out of the gangs' hands," one local opines. "Because that's what I believe, they're probably gangs or whatever. I think that the guns should be off the street."

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By John Del Signore in News on September 29, 2011 9:14 AM

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RightWingGenius

I can't believe this happened in a white neighborhood. Oh wait, my bad..it's not.

Guest

You are correct. The neighborhood is full of diversity. White, black, Asian Latino, African, Jews, Goyim, Rasta, Hindus, Muslims etc. This is the most wonderful part of this area. Unless you want to live in a "cloneville" the diverstity of this area is WONDERFUL.

Heatherbk

Thought the junction was slowly becoming a safer place.. guess not.

ohgodkillmenow

Stop, Drop and Roll: no longer just for fire emergencies.

GregJG

When I saw this on the news I couldn't believe it but this happens so much in NY. Kids without direction or good parenting. I remember when I was younger the Nuns who thought me always said stay away from the boob tube. More reading, studying, listening and less television. It really works. As we can see it's our young black males who are full of energy but with no positive direction to push it. I lament for the greatness that is lost.

Ragingsemi

Wow bad aim.

DigsInNY

8 prior arrests and only 18...yeah no I don't feel sorry for him one bit. In my opinion, had he died it would only benefit society. He will die for his actions in a couple of years I'm sure but in the meantime I hope cops catch the shooters and get them off the street as well. F-ing animals.

TeddyNYC

Nothing good comes out of Mickey D's these days.

nayerr

I wish everyone would use melee weapons like back in the good ol' days.

whitecastlerock

the gun violence is due to the lack of fresh fruits and vegetables in this area

Joe Sturtz

It's Brooklyn, people shoot people, get over it.

antimisogynycrusader

Dude on bottom left: a lookout or just a kid with good street instincts?

antimisogynycrusader

Why would you run back inside a crowded restaurant after shooting someone? I guess he was really hungry....

bdwilkin

Schwoogies doing what they do.

Guest

This area, "The Junction" used to be patrolled everyday after school letout by mounted police and lots of other cops. In the last ten years or so not one single police officer can be seen at this area between 3:00 and 4:00 P.M. Why has the 70 discontinued police presence where it is most needed? Most of the time you can only find one RMP in the area and they are invariably parked on the sidewalk in front of Luigi's pizza on Hillel Place.

James Bond

Guess what the next day after the shooting, there were about 3-5 rmps around the vicinity and officers swarming the place including nearby BK College and Midwood HS