Dionne Vincent and Peter Duncan are pleading for the public’s help after the fatal shooting of their son, Brent Duncan, in June.
NEW YORK (CBS 2) – In Brooklyn, there’s a murder case that the victim’s family hopes does not become a cold case. They are hoping to keep the investigation alive by offering a reward in hopes that a witness will come forward.
Brent Duncan’s parents want to shed some light on his death nearly three months ago.
“This murder has changed our lives forever,” Duncan’s father, Peter, said.
Duncan, who was 18 and finishing his first year of college, went to a barbeque at a home on Schenectady Avenue at Foster on June 19.
The family says Duncan left the party with several of his cousins. They were getting into his car when, suddenly, he was shot.
“We are standing here today on the very ground where my son was murdered,” Peter said.
The victim’s parents, who say they know detectives are working on the case, say the killing may have been retribution for something their son said to a girl a year earlier. But after a party, in a crowded street, they ask, “no witnesses?”
“Close to 100 people out here when these kids, from across there, the garage, shot at my son here, and nobody wants to say anything?” Peter said.
The woman who lives in the home where the party took place said she knows nothing about what was behind the shooting.
“I don’t know nothing,” she said. “All I know is just the little boy was getting in his car and got killed.”
“I’m praying that someone who saw something come forward and say something,” Dionne Vincent, Duncan’s mother, said. “He was such a good boy.”
The parents say it’s a tragedy that young people and their families who live in the area have to worry every day about gun violence.
With the family coming up with $6,000, and the police offering $2,000, the total reward for information leading to a conviction is $8,000.
11 Comments
THIS IS AWFUL to the parents know words can express what and how you are feel i hope who ever did this to such a promising young man get what they deserve it is senseless… and they parents will see what it is to lose a child for the rest of there life when in prison or on death roll! Please keep the LORD first and he will keep you strong in your deepest tried times!
January 20, 2011 at 9:48 am
brent you were the coolest guy i have ever met. your heart was so kind, your words so humorous, and you had a smile that would embrace everyone around you. i love you so much and i afto admit i am having a hard time accepting this horrific tragedy as reality and not a dream i will soon awaken from but, unfortunely this is a all too real reality for me.
September 12, 2010 at 7:53 pm
Brent, there are a million things that can be said about him. He was just someone you loved to be around.He was always giving advice, making you smile,helping you to stay and keep out of trouble. Someone like this does’nt deserve what happen to him.
My family and i will not rest untill his killer is put behind bars.
you are miss truly
September 11, 2010 at 1:25 am
We have become a heartless society where killers are allowed kill over and over again because we are afraid to tak a stand. If you are tired and want to take back our communiites, come out and let your voice be heard on September 25 2010, Stop the violence March on Nostrand and Church at 12:00pm. Hope we will all stake a stand. Time for us all to speak up. Forever young my tiny angel. Gone but never forgotten…..
September 10, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Brent was my favorite cousin, we did everything together. I love and miss him. I will have peace when his killers are in jail.
Forever Young Brent
September 10, 2010 at 9:52 pm
Brent was a beautiful kid. He loved life, was law abiding, honest, loving, loyal and kind. He has earned his angel wings. He will get justice and the murderers will be behind bars soon.
September 10, 2010 at 9:39 pm
He was a good person and didn’t deserve to leave us like this. I just wish that somoene will come frward and say something. We love you BRIZZY
September 10, 2010 at 5:32 pm
He was too good to just leave us the way he did….i hope somebody come out and says something…If it was their family member or friend they would want the same..I love you Brizzy
September 10, 2010 at 3:08 pm
When you have a culture that thinks that law-abiding citizens that give information to the police is considered snitching this is what happens.
When will people realize that juts makes you a coward.
If you commit crimes and then turn on your conspirators… that is a rat or a snitch. If you consider yourself a decent human being but continue to protect low-life criminals can you really complain when no one comes to your aid when you need them? Not saying this family is that way but the culture of “no-snitching” has to stop if you want to live in a decent world.
Hope they find the perps and bring this family some peace.
September 10, 2010 at 5:05 am
the video link is about another family, can you post the right video link.
September 10, 2010 at 4:04 am
His name is BRENT. It’s sad that a family should have to reward money for someone to be honest & say they saw. But, anything for Brizzy.
September 9, 2010 at 6:22 pm