Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Killing Bed-Stuy House Party Host • Brooklyn Paper

A Bed Stuy man will spend 18 years in prison for fatally shooting the host of a house party in 2020.

According to the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office, on February 6, 2020, Ahmed Morrison – then 18 years old – attended a Bed Stuy party hosted by 48-year-old Kenny Mark. Morrison and a friend, Unique Howell, left the gathering and hours later returned to the apartment wearing ski masks and carrying firearms.

They broke into Mark's apartment, where several guests were still playing dice on a pool table, robbed one person of his wallet and held others at gunpoint while attempting to steal cash from the pool table. As Mark fought back against the robbers, he was shot twice – once in the stomach and once in the chest.

Morrison and Howell fled the scene in Morris' mother's vehicle. Police found the car – along with a summons with Morrison's name on it – several days later and arrested him on May 2, 2020.

Mark was taken to NYC Health+Hospital/Kings County where he succumbed to his injuries.

The now 22-year-old defendant was charged with murder, burglary and criminal possession of a weapon and pleaded not guilty to all charges. On September 24, 2024, he accepted a deal and pleaded guilty to manslaughter, accepting the 18-year sentence and five years of probation. Howell pleaded guilty to manslaughter in February and was sentenced to 17 years in prison.

“This defendant’s actions demonstrate the callousness and disregard for life that all too often accompany gun violence, and today’s sentence sends a strong signal that those who terrorize our communities will be held fully accountable,” Gonzalez said. “My office will continue to seek justice for every victim and family devastated by senseless gun violence, and we remain steadfast in our resolve to keep Brooklyn safe.”

Morrison has been arrested twice since the 2020 murder, according to court documents. He was jailed once in April 2023 for possession of prison contraband and criminal possession of a weapon, and again that same year while incarcerated at Rikers Island after he and three other men allegedly attacked another inmate.

According to the Bronx District Attorney's Office, in the second incident, Morrison and the other defendants surrounded the victim, grabbed him, and repeatedly punched and stabbed him – seriously injuring him. In this case, Morrison is charged with intent to kill, assault, criminal possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon in a correctional facility. He is scheduled to appear in Bronx Supreme Court on Nov. 12, according to court records.