Father, son shot dead in US during argument with neighbour over noise

A father and son have been shot dead by their downstairs neighbour in Brooklyn, United States, during an argument over noise.

The New York Police Department (NYPD) identified the deceased father as Bladimy Mathurin, 47, a school bus driver, and Chinwai Mode, his 27-year-old stepson.

In videos shared on social media, an African American man dressed in all black is seen pacing angrily outside his neighbour’s apartment waiting for Mathurin who comes out briefly before going back in to put on a shirt.

A woman who appears to be Mathurin’s wife emerges from the apartment and exchanges words with the neighbour, who NYPD identified on Tuesday as Jason Pass, 47.

Almost immediately, the woman is joined by Mode. The video has no audio, so it is unknown what was said during the exchange.

Moments later, Mathurin marches out of the apartment brandishing a pair of scissors and charges towards Pass.

The school bus driver’s wife tries to drag him away with little success, almost at the same time Pass pulls out a handgun and aims it at Mathurin.

Mathurin spots the gun, waves it off, and turns around to begin walking toward his apartment but the neighbour shoots at him.

Mode, who was also in the hallway, tries to get away from the gunman, but the neighbour fires multiple shots at him, leaving him to die in a pool of his own blood next to a staircase.

The suspect then returns to Mathurin, who is still alive and struggling to get up, and shoots him in the head.

After killing both father and sun, Pass calmly leaves the scene. The murders happened on Sunday night.

The victim’s family called the suspect psychotic, saying he would constantly complain about noise when they weren’t making any.

The NYPD said Pass had called six times since March 2022 over noise complaints which was “basically people walking”.

“Apartment upstairs did not have carpeting, so people walking back and forth generated these calls,” Joseph Kenny, chief of detectives, added.

The search is still on for the shooter.