They described the victim as vivacious and generous. The service drew hundreds of mourners, among then the suspected killer, according to Mathis, who said he did not know the black-clad woman with long blonde hair but saw her in the crowd at the Sealy Culyer Funeral Home.ĭelia's family members said she was an entrepreneur who was raising her 17-year-old daughter as a single mother. Mathis Johnson, Delia's brother, told the New York Daily News that his sister had attended a funeral for an old friend earlier that day. The victim collapses to the ground in front of horrified onlookers as her killer calmly makes her way toward a parked white car, gets in the driver's seat and takes off from the scene. The victim, named by police as Delia Johnson, 42, was speaking to a group on a stoop in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, when she was shot in the head. Shocking video shows the female assassin raising a gun to a woman on a Brooklyn sidewalk and shooting her dead.

There are also 12 percent more shooting victims this year, the data shows, with 1,057 people falling prey to gun violence compared to 944 last year.

Shootings, however, have spiked 15.8 percent in the past week over the time period last year, with 900 shooting incidents in 2021, compared to 777 in 2020.Stats show that murders were down 49.1 percent and shootings down 35 percent across the city.The violent attack came as Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the success of his 'Safe Summer' program.Police identified the victim as 42-year-old Delia Johnson, and she was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.The shooting took place Tuesday at around 9.40pm on Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn.

Surveillance video of the shooting shows a the assailant, casually walking up to the victim and shooting her dead, before walking away and getting into an SUV.PICTURED: Single mom, 42, who was shot dead at point blank range by female assassin on Brooklyn street after they both attended a funeral - amid surge in NYC violent crime surge

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