A teen who was fatally shot at a Brooklyn public housing complex was remembered at a vigil on Wednesday as a loving high school football star just days away from celebrating his 17th birthday.

A memorial outside 16-year-old Ka’Mardre Coleman’s Brooklyn home was filled with dozens of friends and family remembering the standout Sheepshead Bay Sharks football player whose life was cut short when he was shot in the chest inside a NYCHA building in the neighborhood Monday evening.

Tearful mourners released balloons in the shape of the number 5 — the teen’s football and basketball jersey number — and held heartbreaking signs that read “Forever 16.”

“That’s my heart. That was my baby. He was a bright light. He was my everything. It was us. He was my right hip. I always tried to protect him. I want to tell him ‘I’m sorry. I’m sorry’,” Ka’Mardre’s older sister, 21-year-old Julani Bannister, told The Post.

“He was a mentor to kids, to his nephews and nieces. He was a bright light. He had plans. He had dreams. He had goals. He was on the dean’s list. He was on the National Championship team, he was going to play varsity. My brother was very loved by everyone,” Bannister said.

“He had a billion-dollar smile. He was very affectionate. I just keep crying.”

Ka’Mardre was killed at the public housing building after a fellow 16-year-old allegedly took a handgun out of his backpack and passed it around to four people in the room, according to police and court records.

He then allegedly took the gun back and removed a loaded magazine from the firearm. A round then discharged from the weapon — striking Ka’Mardre in the chest, according to a criminal complaint.

The teenage gunman, whose name has not been released, has since been charged with second-degree manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon in the first degree.

Bannister said she wants to know what happened the night her brother was shot.

“If your finger is on the gun, that’s not an accident,” she said.

The slain teen’s father, Codwell Coleman, also told The Post over the phone that his son was a “great athlete” who worked hard to get stellar grades.

“He was all about life. He was well-mannered, good in school, a great athlete. He used to struggle in school, and I said he couldn’t play sports until he got his academics to number one,” the heartbroken father said. “His academics now match his sports. He put in the hard work. He’s been on a journey. I’m proud of him.”

The dad tragically revealed that Ka’Mardre is now the second son he will have to bury.

“He should have gotten up and left [when he saw the gun], but you know how kids are. I lost another son six years ago — my oldest — and now I lost my baby … It hasn’t hit me yet. It was a shock. I hurt. I can’t even talk about it,” Codwell Coleman recalled.

Several friends of Ka’Mardre remembered him as a good kid who loved to film dance videos on TikTok and stressed that he had no affiliation with gangs.

Karter McRae, a 16-year-old classmate at Sheepshead Bay High School, remembered Ka’Mardre as a fun-loving co-captain of his school’s junior varsity football team, who led with a “million-dollar smile.”

“His memory will be cherished. I was supposed to take photos of him on his birthday on Friday to celebrate him,” McRae said.

There will be another vigil on Friday evening, which was supposed to be Coleman’s 17th birthday, at the high school.

“He was a goofball. I’m just so sad. It just hurts. His mom is hurting. She is trying to get her thoughts together. She is in a nightmare right now,” said Coleman’s aunt, Elexiss Oquendo.

“She thinks this isn’t real, and she will wake up. Friday is his birthday. He died before his 17th birthday.”

MOSCOW — A court in Moscow in Thursday convicted 19 people of involvement in the 2024 shooting rampage in a Moscow concert hall that killed 149 people and wounded over 600 in one of the deadliest attacks in the capital in years.

A faction of the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the March 22, 2024, massacre at the Crocus City Hall concert venue in which four gunmen shot people who were waiting for a show by a popular rock band and then set the building on fire.

All 19 defendants were handed lengthy prison terms: 15 were sentenced to life in prison, one was handed 22 1/2 years in prison, and three others were given 19 years and 11 months each.

The trial began in August 2025 in a military court, as is customary for terrorism charges, and took place behind closed doors, with the authorities citing security concerns.

President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials have claimed, without presenting evidence, that Ukraine had a role in the attack. Kyiv has strongly denied any involvement.

The Investigative Committee, Russia’s top criminal investigation agency, has said that the attack had been “planned and carried out in the interests of the current leadership of Ukraine in order to destabilize political situation in our country.” It also noted the four suspected gunmen tried to flee to Ukraine afterward.

The four, all identified as citizens of Tajikistan, were arrested hours after the attack and later appeared in a Moscow court with signs of being severely beaten.

Those tried alongside them included three men who sold the suspected gunmen a car, a man they rented an apartment from, and 10 others accused of terrorist ties, according to independent Russian news site Mediazona.

A deranged Florida man allegedly chased down a trio of cell service solicitors while shouting that he was “going to kill” them — and shot at one of them until he was out of bullets.

Reginald McGee, 38, came across a trio of AT&T solicitors trying to reach residents at the Providence Townhomes in Brandon, Florida, after nightfall on Feb. 18.

McGee allegedly taunted the salespeople, two women and one man, while chasing them down the block, shouting, “Where are you!” and “I’m going to kill you!”, WFLA reported.

He allegedly yanked a gun out of his waistband and shot at the male staffer until his clip was empty, the outlet reported.

Surveillance footage obtained by police captured the chilling audio, overlapped with two women’s horrified screams and garbled pleas to stop. At least 10 gunshots were heard, according to the video.

When officers with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene, they found the bloodied victim propped up against the stoop of one townhouse. He was still conscious and able to provide a limited description of the gunman, according to police body camera footage.

Three officers took off running in the general direction they believed the shooter ran. There, they found McGee near his home, splayed flat on the ground with both his hands held up in surrender, according to the video.

“This was a completely unnecessary escalation that left a man seriously injured simply for doing his job. When a disagreement turns into gunfire, that is a choice, and it is a criminal one. Our deputies acted quickly to take this suspect into custody, giving residents in this neighborhood peace of mind and preventing further harm,” Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said.

McGee originally tried to plead self-defense, but later admitted to chasing down the spooked salespeople and shooting at them, WFLA reported.

The victim was taken to a nearby hospital and treated for non-life-threatening gunshot wounds in his leg, calf, and foot, police said.

McGee was booked on counts of discharging a firearm in public, aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, and attempted second-degree murder.