{"id":342443,"date":"2026-09-10T02:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T02:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/342443\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T02:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T02:04:10","slug":"cops-identify-suspect-in-deadly-brooklyn-nightclub-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/342443\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops identify suspect in deadly Brooklyn nightclub shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A gunman who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/02\/16\/man-shot-death-socialites-lounge-clinton-hill-brooklyn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shot a patron he was fighting with to death at a Brooklyn nightclub<\/a> more than a year ago has been identified by NYPD detectives, who are asking the public\u2019s help in their manhunt for him.<\/p>\n<p>Dominique Heard, 31, is being sought for fatally shooting Jordan Amador inside Socialites Lounge on Atlantic Ave near Washington Ave. in Clinton Hill around 3:10 a.m. on Feb. 16, 2025, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>Amador, also 31, was brawling with the suspect inside the Afro-Caribbean club when his rival drew a weapon and opened fire, striking the victim in the chest, police said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Police investigate after a 31-year-old man was fatally shot inside Socialites Lounge on Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)\" width=\"9504\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/TNY-P24-20250216-134037.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"8120230\" \/>Police investigate after a 31-year-old man was fatally shot inside Socialites Lounge on Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n<p>Medics rushed Amador to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyp.org\/locations\/brooklyn\/nyp-brooklyn-methodist-hospital\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Methodist Hospital<\/a>, where he died. The victim lived in East Flatbush, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Heard has been arrested seven times in New York City, most recently for grand larceny in Aug. 2023, cops said. His other arrests featured charges including forgery, possession of a loaded firearm and robbery, according to police.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Blood is pictured on the bar room floor after a 31-year-old man was fatally shot inside Socialites Lounge on Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)\" width=\"6000\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/TNY-P35-20250216-141235.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"8120262\" \/>Blood is pictured on the bar room floor after a 31-year-old man was fatally shot inside Socialites Lounge on Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD released an image of Heard on Wednesday and is asking for the public\u2019s help tracking him down.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to call NYPD <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1&#039;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime Stoppers<\/a> at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A gunman who shot a patron he was fighting with to death at a Brooklyn nightclub more than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63,103,1096],"class_list":["post-342443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342443","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=342443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}