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Akai Kareem Gurley

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated Nov 20, 2014

Victim Details

Akai Kareem Gurley

Male

Black / African American

Brooklyn

NY

2014-11-20

28

Akai

Kareem Gurley

07/03/2026

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On the night of November 20, 2014, a 28-year-old Black American man named Akai Kareem Gurley was fatally shot in the stairwell of the Louis H. Pink Houses in East New York, Brooklyn. Gurley was with his girlfriend, and because the elevator in the building was out of service, they chose to take the stairs. The stairwell was pitch-dark due to a malfunctioning light, a condition that residents had reportedly complained about.

At the same time, two rookie New York City Police Department offic ...
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  • NY Daily News: NYPD cop gave no aid to victim after shooting: prosecutor
  • NBC New York: Death of Man in Stairwell Shooting Ruled Homicide: ME
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    I can’t stop thinking about how utterly dark and poorly maintained those stairwells were in the Pi... ...Read More
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    I've been reading about the Akai Gurley case, and one aspect that really gets to me is the lack of i... ...Read More
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    I've been thinking a lot about the sheer darkness in the stairwells of the Pink Houses. It’s haunt... ...Read More
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