«Breaking News» Family left stunned over murder of teen who police say may have been shot by mistake

A 15-year-old boy was fatally gunned down on Friday in Brooklyn while going out to get something to eat in what police suspect is a case of mistaken identity.

Samuel Joseph was shot in the face, neck and chest just a few feet from his home near the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and East 26th Street in Flatbush-Ditmas Park just before 6pm on Friday evening, WPIX-TV reported.

Joseph’s sister was standing just a few feet away from him when he was shot, police sources told the New York Daily News.

First responders arrived on the scene and rushed Joseph to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Samuel Joseph, 15, was shot in the face, neck, and chest just before 6pm on Friday. He was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead

Joseph was shot just a few feet from his home near the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and East 26th Street in Flatbush-Ditmas Park (above) just before 6pm on Friday evening

Samuel's brother, Don, said he was going out to get something to eat when he was shot

‘He was just going to get some food,’ Don Joseph, Samuel’s brother, said on Saturday.

Several reporters gathered outside the family’s apartment in Brooklyn, where Joseph’s mother was grieving inconsolably as relatives offered their support.

‘He was a good kid,’ Don Joseph said.

‘He would go out and get groceries. He was that kind of kid.’

Sources close to the investigation told the Daily News that police are searching for two suspects believed to be in their late teens.

The young boy's mother (left) was inconsolable on Saturday as relatives gathered outside the apartment where the shooting took place

Police are trying to determine if Samuel Joseph was their intended target or was a victim of mistaken identity.

The two suspects were filmed on surveillance video outside Joseph’s apartment around the time of the shooting, the Daily News reported.

When Joseph stepped outside, one of the two teens pulled out a gun and opened fire.

Heartbroken relatives and neighbors described the 15-year-old victim as a normal kid who liked to play sports.

‘He was just a good kid,’ his brother Don said.

‘He was not a gang member. He was always laughing and had jokes.’

Samuel Joseph moved to the United States from his native Haiti five years ago, his brother said. 

Local politicians paid condolence visits to the family, including Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Tony Herbert, who is a candidate for the Public Advocate position.

‘We've done an amazing job in the last 20 plus years of dealing with the issues of violence but... what do you say to a mother who lost her child at 15-years-old?’ Adams asked.

‘You can't merely state that the crime is down or the crime is up. This is not a stat, this is an individual, it's a young man that is no longer with us.

‘No mother expects to have to bury their son, there's nothing natural about that.

‘People in the neighborhood who either saw something or saw someone fleeing the scene or hanging around the place should come forward.’ 

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Main photo article A 15-year-old boy was fatally gunned down on Friday in Brooklyn while going out to get something to eat in what police suspect is a case of mistaken identity.
Samuel Joseph was shot in the face, neck and chest just a few feet from his home near the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and East 26th...

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