>> reporter: her pride and joy, amani miller died a sadistic death this houses. they tortured him, stabbing him more than a dozen times repeatedly, including at least once in the head. >> everybody says how nice he is and how sweet he is and how humble. [ crying ] >> he's a good kid and did not deserve what happened to him. >> it's unfathomable that something like this as -- >> reporter: cops are as stumped as the family. mill her no criminal past and the crime happened at 2:00. no cameras and no one claims to have seen what happened. biggest leads so far have been talk around the neighborhood. >> enough is enough. >> reporter: the family returned to the bayview houses with megaphones begging residents to come forward. but so far, nothing. >> reporter: my son is never going to come back. but please say something! i need help! i need to catch who did this to my son! [ crying ] >> so they can't do it to somebody else. >> reporter: they're hoping that the that people who may have seen something will report it. we're live at the 69th precinct station house in brookly

i miss him so much. >> reporter: but someone wanted amani miller dead. his mom won't rest until she finds out who and why. miller was slaughtered in canarsie, a place where cops say he had no business but where he was plainly tortured. stabbed so many times and stand so hard, police found the knife's blade embedded in his ribs, and then he was shot multiple times, including once in the head. this was a barbaric crime, a loud crime, but at 2:30 in the afternoon on a monday, police have found not one willing witness. >> we can't understand the dynamic of somebody being killed. 2:30 in the afternoon and nobody hearing or saying anything. everybody in bayview houses should be up in arms. >> reporter: there are no cameras. the closest one captured this image of a livery cab detectives believe carried at least two suspects away but you can't make out the license plate. this heart broken mother is desperate for anyone to come forward with anything that can help solve this case. >> the last words we spoke was we loved each other and that was the last time i spoke

grief on display in brooklyn as a family begs for help finding her son's killers. 23-year-old amani miller vanished from his usual routine two weeks ago. a job delivering construction agreement and a daily call to his mother, he was found facedown in the stairwell of canarsie bayview houses about 2:30 in the afternoon. >> they took me down to the station and told me that he was dead. [ crying ] >> reporter: the police are familiar with this place. this murder was especially brutal, he was cut a lot, seemingly tortured before he was shot, badly broken body thrown down a flight of stairs. almost like it was personal. in that place. and i'm not trying to be, you know, critical of anyone's living situation, but he had no business there. not there. >> reporter: the young man from bed-stuy has a clean record. the housing project where he died is a long way from his usual haunts. his murder is the latest in a series of shootings there. >> it's believed these young men are being lured there. we don't know by whom. it's assumed it might be young ladies. it's being investigated. this is what we're h

loved ones gathered for the wake of 23-year-old amani miller last night money police believe miller was lured into a fifth floor howl way at the bay view houses in canarsie earlier this month. was tortured, stabbed multiple times and repeatedly shot. family friends are calling for justice and asking why this had to happen. >> it's unfathomable that something like this as vicious -- i mean, my heart goes out to the family. >> i need to catch who did this to my son so that they don't do it to somebody else. >> cops are still searching for the assailants. the only piece of evidence they have is this video of a livery cab police believe the suspects used to leave the scene. here's the thing. the license plate number's blurred out because of a rain droplet on the camera lens. >>> meantime, a teenager survived a freak accident in new jersey after a piece of metal pierced the floorboard of a car. dylan patel was riding in the passenger's seat of his father's car yesterday morning when they saw a massive piece of metal lying on route 1. patel says the 3 foot piece of floorboard of his dad's toy

amany miller lured into the bay view house this month, that's where someone stabbed, and tortured the 23-year-old. his body was found on monday afternoon. but police have not found any witnesses willing to come forward. >> i just want somebody to please help me and come forward, and just say something. the image of a cab that they believe drove off with two people who could have been the attackers. however, police can't make out the license plate. anyone with information, asked to call crimestoppers. >>> sheldon silver has been disbarred. the 72-year-old was convicted in november in a $5 million corruption case. he is expected to be sentenced next month, but he is pushing for a new trial. his lawyers have tried to prevent his disbarment until after that trial. >> a 17-year-old girl was accused of invading another teenager's privacy by taking a photo of her using the bathroom. police say the 17-year-old, kaley barnhill took the picture of another girl inside the bathroom at sterling high school last week. investigators say she put the photo on the social media app snapchat, and it was

loved ones gather for the wake of 23-year-old amani miller last night. police believe miller was lured into a fifth floor hallway at the bay view houses in canarsie detectives say that's when he was tortured, stabbed repeatedly and shot repeatedly. family and friends are calling for justice and asking why in the world this happened. >> it's unfathomable that something like this as vicious and -- i mean, my heart goes out to the family. >> we need to catch who did this to my son so they don't do it to somebody else. >> police are still searching for those responsible. the only piece of evidence they have is this video of a livery cab police believe the suspects used to leave that scene, but the license plate number is blurred out because of a rain droplet on the camera lens. >>> a fight ended with a teenager shot in the head and now is in critical condition. tense moments for thinks family. they are keeping vigil now at his side in the intensive care unit. the 17-year-old was shot on right across from a middle school. so far, police have not made any arre