Man shot outside Brooklyn home, steps from scene of 2022 double slaying

A man was shot to death outside his Brooklyn home early Sunday just down the block from the scene of a 2022 double homicide.

Maurice Boodie, 24, was standing outside his building when he was shot in the chest and right leg on Strauss St. near Newport St. in Brownsville at about 12:10 a.m., police said.

Medics rushed the man to Brookdale University Hospital, where he died about an hour later.

Police have made no arrests.

A neighbor recalled hearing a loud “bang” that woke her up.

“I was listening to hear if there was screaming after, but I didn’t hear anything,” said the woman, who declined to provide her name. “Then later, sirens.”

Friends and family visiting the block after the shooting lovingly referred to Boodie as “Mo.”

“He was a very good person, very quiet [and] never in trouble,” said a cousin who did not want to be named. “I know his mother can’t be in there right now. It’s his blood still on the floor and everything.

“It’s too much right now,” the cousin added.

A neighbor questioned why he would’ve been targeted, noting she couldn’t think of anyone Boodie may have had beef with.

“[He was] just loving,” said the woman, who only identified herself as Sonya. “I was shocked when I heard about it.”

The shooting took place a half-block away from a West Indian restaurant on Strauss St. where workers Eyon Johnson and Damien White were shot to death on Oct. 27, 2022. Sawandi Galara, 46, was arrested for the killings in February 2023 and charged with murder.

“I’ve been here seven years [and] I don’t go outside,” said a neighbor. “I’m not hanging out on the stoop.”