On a Tuesday evening in the fall of 2020, the life of 16-year-old Amir Patterson was tragically cut short in his home borough of Brooklyn, New York. The male teenager was in the Crown Heights neighborhood at the Kingsborough Houses on October 27th when violence erupted. Around 10 p.m., police received a 911 call and responded to the public housing complex.
Upon their arrival, they discovered Patterson on the first floor of one of the buildings with a gunshot wound to his chest.
Emergency services swiftly transported the young man to a nearby hospital in an effort to save his life. Despite their efforts, Amir Patterson was pronounced dead. In the wake of the shooting, his mother, Lasheena Patterson, mourned the loss of her son. She conveyed that while he was a well-cared-for individual, he had unfortunately fallen in with the wrong crowd. She was firm in her belief that her son was not a member of any gang, characterizing him as being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The investigation into the death of Amir Patterson has been ongoing since that night. Detectives have been working the case, but so far, no arrests have been made, and no suspects have been publicly identified. The motive behind the fatal shooting remains unclear to the public. The case remains open as authorities continue to seek information that could lead to a breakthrough and provide answers and a measure of justice for Amir's grieving family and community.
