{"id":330116,"date":"2026-08-26T12:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/330116\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T12:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:40:16","slug":"brooklyn-fast-food-worker-shot-to-death-by-robber-was-sole-provider-for-family-in-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/330116\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn fast food worker shot to death by robber was sole provider for family in Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Brooklyn fast food worker fatally shot<\/a> in the head by a robber police say went on to kill a Bronx bodega customer<\/a> 48 hours later was the sole provider for his large family back home in Bangladesh, the victim\u2019s boss told the Daily News.<\/p>\n

MD Yousuf, 44, was working at American Best Wings & Pizza on Rockaway Ave. near Newport St. in Brownsville when he was slain just after midnight Sunday, police said. A 39-year-old co-worker was shot in the right leg but survived.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is very sad,\u201d said the restaurant\u2019s co-owner, who gave his name only as Rasel. \u201c(Yousof) wasn\u2019t just an employee. Before employee, he was one of our closest friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMD Yousuf doesn\u2019t come from a well-established family. He came from a very poor family, to be honest,\u201d he added. \u201cHe is the only one in the entire family who provides for them. That\u2019s a very tragic loss for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"MDMD Yousuf (pictured) was shot to death moments after midnight Sunday inside American Best Wings & Pizza on Rockaway Ave. in Brownsville, Brooklyn. (Obtained by Daily News)<\/p>\n

Yousuf sent his wages back to support relatives including his daughters, aged 3 and 12, and his wife, mother and father.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I don\u2019t know how they will survive afterwards since their only provider is no more,\u201d Rasel said. \u201cFor his wife, without having a provider, I can\u2019t even think of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"MDMD Yousuf (pictured) was shot to death moments after midnight Sunday inside American Best Wings & Pizza on Rockaway Ave. in Brownsville, Brooklyn. (Obtained by Daily News)<\/p>\n

Rasel last spoke to Yousuf just hours before he was killed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI called him because one of our delivery guy didn\u2019t show up,\u201d Rael said. \u201c(Yousuf) said, \u2018Don\u2019t worry. We can take care of it \u2026 Having an employee like him is a blessing. He always took responsibilities, always tried to help us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rasel was not at the restaurant at the time of the incident but reviewed security footage of the shooting.<\/p>\n

The restaurant was closed and did not have any customers in it at the time. Rasel believes the killer entered through an employees-only door accidentally left unlocked.<\/p>\n

The gunman didn\u2019t speak and opened fire almost immediately, shooting the surviving victim first, Rasel said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen (the survivor) saw the guy pull the gun, he actually jumped,\u201d Rasel said. \u201cBecause he jumped, the bullet actually hit his leg. If he didn\u2019t jump, the bullet might have hit him in the chest. He might have gone too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yousuf was standing by the register with nowhere to run.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was stuck there,\u201d Rasel said. \u201cThe guy just shot him in the head.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police believe the killer was attempting to rob the place but Rasel said no money was missing from the register.<\/p>\n

The surviving victim lost consciousness after being shot, said Rasel, who visited him at Brookdale University Hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s in so much pain,\u201d Rasel said. \u201cHe\u2019s not in good condition.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe doctor says they cannot remove the bullet from his leg because they said to remove the bullet, they assume it will cause internal bleeding which can lead to death. Or he might lose his leg or get a disability,\u201d Rasel said. \u201cThey\u2019re trying to figure out what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PolicePolice released images of Jesus Acosta, wanted for killing a fast food worker in Brooklyn and a deli customer in the Bronx before stealing money from the register and running off. (NYPD)<\/p>\n

Police released surveillance footage of 31-year-old suspect Jesus Acosta<\/a> on Tuesday and asked the public\u2019s help finding him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have a subway nearby so it\u2019s like there are no new unknown customers,\u201d Rasel said. \u201cThe guy who actually shot them, we\u2019ve never seen him. Never.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two days after allegedly killing Yousof, cops say Acosta shot a 33-year-old customer in the chest at 149 Grill & Deli on E. 149th St. near Walton Ave. in Mott Haven. He then grabbed cash from the register and fled about 12:15 a.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The customer died later in the day at Lincoln Hospital, cops said.<\/p>\n

\"MDMD Yousuf (left) was shot to death moments after midnight Sunday inside American Best Wings & Pizza on Rockaway Ave. in Brownsville, Brooklyn. (Obtained by Daily News)<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a GoFundMe<\/a> has been launched to transport Yousuf\u2019s body back to Bangladesh and help support his family there.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo lose him is a huge loss,\u201d Rasel said. \u201cI can\u2019t even get out from the trauma.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Brooklyn fast food worker fatally shot in the head by a robber police say went on to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,265],"class_list":["post-330116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}