A 33-year-old man was gunned down Thursday outside a NYCHA complex on the Upper West Side, cops said.
Rashaun Hopkins was struck multiple times in the chest on W. 104th St. near Manhattan Ave. in front of the Frederick Douglass Houses around 4:57 p.m., according to police.
Police officers rushed Hopkins to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, where he died.
Rashaun Hopkins was fatally shot on W. 104th St. near Manhattan Ave. in front of the Frederick Douglass Houses on Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Julian Roberts-Grmela / New York Daily News)
Cops are looking for a man last seen fleeing the scene on a scooter dressed in black and wearing a ski mask.
Hopkins lived in a tower within the Frederick Douglass Houses located about three blocks from where he was killed, police said.