A masked man shot Kevon Lee in the chest and stomach inside Xpress Laundromat in Flatlands around 8 a.m. while he and his wife, Khilifah Pierre, were folding clothes. Pierre said the shooter came from behind and began firing without warning. She tried to revive Lee by giving chest compressions and holding up his head, but he did not respond. Medics took him to Kings County Hospital, where he died about half an hour later. Pierre said she fears for her life and her children’s lives because the shooter saw her face. Lee was described as a well-loved family man and a hard-working construction worker. His family is seeking justice and answers, and police noted three old arrests for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
""He was ambushed. We were doing laundry. [Kevon] was facing me and we were just talking,&" Pierre, her shirt still soaked with his blood, told the Daily News in an exclusive interview. "(The shooter) came from behind my husband's back and started shooting.""
"Lee was shot in the chest and the stomach, cops said. Pierre, a hospital patient care clerk, dropped to her knees and tried to revive him. "I tried to give him chest compressions. I tried to hold up his head but he was not responding," she said, breaking down in sobs. Medics rushed Lee to Kings County Hospital, where he died about half an hour later."
""I fear for my life and my kids lives. That person saw my face," Pierre said of the on-the-loose shooter. "I feel lost. I'm devastated." "I have no idea who he was," Pierre said of the gunman. "He didn't say anything. I have so many questions.""
""We want justice," said Lee's brother Keston Lee, 41. "Whoever did this must come forward. Please, if anybody knows anything, please come forward. Our family would appreciate it." She described her husband as "a well-loved family man." "He was a working man, a hard working construction worker," she said. "He didn't deserve it. He didn't deserve that. Whoever did this is a coward.""
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