NEW YORK - A man identified as 21-year-old Jayquan Lewis was killed in New York after being shot seven point-blank by a man inside a store. The person responsible fled after the crime.

The crime was recorded in its entirety in the security cameras of the compound. In the video released by the New York Post and lasting 14 seconds, Lewis is seen waiting to buy when a subject appears from the back of the store and shoots directly at the young man, who falls to the ground and receives more shots once there . Expert reports indicated that Lewis was shot at least three times in the chest.

In the record it can also be seen that another man, who was waiting meters from Lewis to buy, was unharmed as no shots were aimed at him.

According to the police, Lewis belonged to a gang and that his murder could have been related to a dispute on social networks: "I have no doubt that (the victim) was the target. The guy who was next to him could also have been easily killed, but he wasn't, "Joseph Giacalone, an adjunct professor at John Jay College and a former New York police sergeant, told the New York Post.

The victim's mother, Marisol Sánchez, denied that her son had a relationship with gangs and assured that she wanted to study nursing. In addition, it confirmed his taste for acting. Lewis recorded appearances as an extra in "Law and Order" and had a role in the 2019 film "Joyland."