The masked “coward” who shot a 36-year-old Brooklyn mother useless was set off by a pointless argument, the sufferer’s grieving household mentioned Thursday — whereas daring him to give up.
Tamika Powell was blasted within the head after exchanging phrases along with her killer at a barbecue Wednesday evening close to the Barclays Middle, in keeping with sources and Powell’s heartbroken mom.
“She confirmed up on the barbecue. At about 10 or quarter-hour on the barbecue, she had an argument with any individual,” Powell’s mother, Norma Campbell, 65, advised The Submit.
“After the argument, Tamika left and the man went into his condominium…got here again out with a masks. He placed on the masks and left within the route Tamika left.
“There was a second of quiet…and that’s once they heard the one shot,” she mentioned.
“Folks ran to the opposite route of the sound to see what was occurring and noticed Tamika in the course of the road.”
Police mentioned the gunman then fled.
Campbell acquired a telephone name from her youngest daughter and rushed to the scene at Carlton Avenue and Pacific Avenue.
The panic-stricken mother was met with Powell’s lifeless physique coated in a white sheet.
Powell not too long ago moved again into her mom’s Prospect Heights dwelling and labored at a FedEx warehouse in Connecticut, her household mentioned.
She is survived by two daughters — a 12-year-old and 13-year-old.
Campbell remembered her daughter as a free spirit who was beloved by neighbors in Prospect Heights, a normally secure space the place she was raised.
“When the decision got here, I couldn’t imagine it as a result of she grew up on this neighborhood and is beloved over right here. Everybody is aware of her.”
She mentioned her killer ought to rot in jail and “die a sluggish and painful demise” as soon as he’s nabbed.
“You’re a coward,” Campbell mentioned via tears when requested if she has a message for her daughter’s assassin.
“In case you are daring sufficient to take a life then come ahead.”
Further reporting by Joe Marino
