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Detectives in Brooklyn<\/a> are looking for the gunman who shot and killed a teenager across the street from his home on Sunday in the latest act of youth violence.<\/p>\n According to police sources, cops from the 73rd Precinct<\/a> and NYPD Public Service Area 2 received a 911 call of a person shot outside of the Van Dyke Houses located at 375 Blake Ave. in Brownsville just after 3 p.m. on Mother\u2019s Day, May 10.<\/p>\n Upon arrival, officers discovered 18-year-old Quahmir Cruz with a gunshot wound to the chest. EMS rushed him to Brookdale Hospital, where he could not be saved and he was pronounced dead. Cruz lived just across the street from where he was gunned down.<\/p>\n Police did not immediately have a description of the shooter or a direction of flight. So far, no arrests have been made in the case.\n<\/p>\n It was the latest in a slew of shootings and stabbings involving teens across the city that occurred over the last few weeks.\n<\/p>\n On April 29, 17-year-old <\/a>Jonathan Melo was stabbed to death in the Bronx<\/a>, allegedly by a social media personality in an online beef. On April 27, a 15-year-old boy was critically wounded on board a Manhattan-bound A train<\/a> near the 80th Street station in Ozone Park, Queens. <\/p>\n Earlier, on April 16, a Queens community was left in tatters after 15-year-old Jaden Pierre was shot dead in a caught-on-camera attack inside a public park.<\/a><\/p>\n Anyone with information regarding Sunday\u2019s shooting can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, or on X (formerly Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are kept confidential.<\/p>\n \t