Update (March 12, 2025): this story has updated to reflect additional information about the situation.
A breaking story out of Williamsburg this afternoon.
ABC 7 reports that a 21-year-old Cypress Hills resident was shot in the head in front of an auto body shop at 10 Meserole Street in Williamsburg. NYPD were called to the scene around 2:15 pm, where they found Joharis Rivas unresponsive and unconscious. He was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, where he was pronounced deceased.
“The suspect, wearing all black with a black mask, fled on a scooter east on Meserole Street,” the outlet says.
There have been no arrests, and the investigation remains ongoing.
Family members told Gothamist that “he has three daughters and was at the auto shop to have his car repaired.”
The incident has rattled community members, in an area where gun violence is rare. “One person was shot and killed in the [90th] precinct last year,” which is the precinct that contains the southern and eastern areas of Williamsburg, and “no one was fatally shot there in 2023,” Gothamist reports.
As horrible as this is, crime is actually at an all time low because of demographics. People have not been getting married and having kids for the last app. 30 yrs., so there are less young men in the crime prone yrs. app 15-25 to the point where the replacement level is way below normal and funding for everything from SS to medicare is in dire trouble.
There is always an upside to a major downside.