A 47-year-old man, Jason Pass, has killed his neighbours (a man and his stepson) over a dispute regarding loud music in New York City, USA.
The incident, which was captured on surveillance video, took place in a Brooklyn apartment building located at 1418 Brooklyn Avenue on Sunday night.
Surveillance footage showed a man dressed in navy blue, identified as 47-year-old Jason Pass by the police, climbing the stairs to confront his neighbor, Marie Delille.
The confrontation reportedly stemmed from a dispute over loud noise. Delille’s husband and two children joined her in the hallway during the confrontation.
Bladimy Mathurin, also 47, rushed outside of his apartment, wielding a pair of scissors directed at Pass’ face.
Mathurin’s wife attempted to restrain him, but he broke free to continue the confrontation after which the situation took a tragic dimension.
Pass retrieved a gun from his waistband and pointed it at Mathurin, who began walking back toward his apartment.
Pass fired a shot at Mathurin just as his wife and daughter retreated inside their apartment. Mathurin’s stepson, 27-year-old Chinwai Mode, attempted to escape toward the stairs, but Pass shot him as well, firing multiple shots into his body.
Pass then returned to Mathurin, who was still moving and trying to escape, shot him at point-blank range at his doorstep.
The video footage shows Pass calmly observing the scene and walking to the elevator.
In the hallway, police discovered nine shell casings and several bullet fragments. Mathurin and Mode were found with multiple gunshot wounds.
Delille, Mathurin’s wife, disclosed that her family is originally from Haiti and mentioned that both Mathurin and Pass had been embroiled in a longstanding dispute over noise.
“My son is a good boy… he’s not violent,” Delille told the local news. “My husband has no gun, no weapon; why would you bring your gun to shoot my family? Why would you bring a gun to tear my family apart?”
The NYPD reported that Pass, who lived below Mathurin, had previously lodged six noise complaints via 311 calls.
The ongoing dispute escalated when Pass started banging on his ceiling, prompting Mathurin to retaliate by banging on his floor. Pass then rushed upstairs, allegedly kicked the door, and the murders occurred.
Delille revealed that she and her 10-year-old daughter were both witnesses to the shootings.
Mathurin worked two jobs, serving as a school bus driver during the day and driving for Uber at night to support his family.
Pass remains at large as police continue their search for him. He had been arrested before in 1992 and charged with robbery.
