A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed at a public housing complex in Brooklyn on Monday evening, police said as they looked for the person responsible.

NYPD officials said the violence erupted just before 6 p.m. inside a building at the New York City Housing Authority’s Sheepshead Bay Houses on Avenue X and Brown Street.

First responders found the teen unconscious with a gunshot wound to his chest, according to police. Emergency medical workers took him to South Brooklyn Health, where he was pronounced dead.

Officials did not immediately identify the boy as they worked to notify his family. They said they have not yet made any arrests and were still looking into a motive.

The 16-year-old is at least the fifth teen to die from gun violence in the city so far this year, according to police data compiled by Gothamist. Twenty-five teens died in shootings across the five boroughs last year.

Shootings and homicides in the 61st Precinct, which includes Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend and Manhattan Beach, are at about the same levels as by this point last year, NYPD data shows. The precinct has had just one other shooting so far in 2026, and no other homicides, according to the data.

Police on Tuesday said they were also investigating a fatal shooting in Kew Gardens, Queens, that left a 29-year-old man dead.

Officers responded to a 911 call for an assault inside a building on Metropolitan Avenue near Lefferts Boulevard around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, authorities said. When police arrived, they found the man with a gunshot wound to his left arm, according to officials. Paramedics transported him to Jamaica Hospital, where he died.

The NYPD has not identified the man as it works to notify his family, and did not make any immediate arrests in the case.

Police data shows shootings and homicides in the 102nd Precinct, which includes Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill and Woodhaven, are also roughly level with their totals at this time in 2025. There has been one other homicide and one other shooting in the precinct so far this year, the data shows.

Citywide, homicides have fallen about 35% compared to the same point last year, while shootings are now at about the same level, according to the NYPD.

This story is based on preliminary information from police and may be updated.