Bangladeshi Shot Dead in New York

A close-knit neighbourhood is in shock after Bangladeshi origin US resident — a husband and father of a young son — was shot and killed right outside his home in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn in New York of the United States of America, reports abc7ny online.

It happened shortly after 12:00am on Wednesday in the 200 block of Forbell Street, near the corner of Glenmore Avenue.

Neighbours heard a single gunshot as Modassar Khandaker was getting out of his white Honda CRV.

Someone approached the 36-year-old man and shot him in the head.

An ambulance took Khandaker to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The gunman took off but left the victim’s car. Neighbours are now on alert.

‘It happened right next to my house!’ said Mohammed Uddin. ‘I’m two houses way from him!’

Even more concerning for Mohammed is the safety of his two young children, whom he walks to school.

In fact, this Bangladeshi neighbourhood is full of children, with a mosque and school right at the corner of Forbell Street and Glenmore Avenue.

It’s also where neighbours said Khandaker prayed with his wife and young son.

‘It’s sad. It’s very sad,’ said Mohammed, adding, ‘The guy, we know him very well. No issues with anybody, go to work, come back. Now all of a sudden he’s dead. It’s very sad for the community.’

Crime scene investigators collected evidence all morning.

They have not revealed a potential motive, but neighbours said the father of a young son who worked at JFK International Airport did not have any apparent enemies.

They said crime is simply out of control.

‘We’re on the border between Brooklyn and Queens, and lots of our businesses get robbed every week,’ said community activist Khairul Islam Kukon.

‘This area in the last couple of weeks, I heard couple of gunshots,’ said Mohammed Kawsar, adding, ‘So this is a regular issue in this area, so yeah. I’m very concerned about that.’

‘They have to find a way to get these guns off the street,’ said Kudon, adding, ‘And mind you, these guns are not from New York. These guns are coming from out of town, different states. They have to find an avenue where these guns cannot enter New York.’