Brooklyn half brothers linked in life — and in death: ‘We never thought bullets would fly’

Billy Hippolyte and his half-brother Samuel will ceaselessly be linked — each in life and in loss of life.

The Brooklyn siblings, who’ve the identical father, however totally different moms, have been born on the identical day: July 1.

Then, in January, Samuel Hippolyte fatally shot his older brother in a petty dispute over cash, police and heartbroken relations stated.

“That they had their issues like several brothers with totally different dad and mom,” Billy Hippolyte’s sister Ruth Hippolyte advised the Day by day Information. “However we by no means thought bullets would fly.”

After weeks on the lam, Samuel Hippolyte, 26, was grabbed by the NYPD and U.S. Marshals after he returned to his Canarsie residence Thursday.

He’s accused of gunning down Billy, 40, throughout a conflict close to the nook of E. 83rd St. close to Flatlands Ave. round 3 p.m. on Jan. 17 earlier than leaping right into a grey Toyota Highlander and dashing off towards the Belt Parkway.

Billy Hippolyte was shot within the torso, cops stated.

“The man was mendacity on the road face-up bleeding. Man, he was bleeding,” witness Aiden Huque, 26, advised The Information on the time. “Individuals have been working and screaming. They have been pumping his chest however he wasn’t responding.”

Medics took Billy to Brookdale Hospital, however he couldn’t be saved. The gifted mechanic and development employee left behind a 6-year-old daughter, Ruth Hippolyte stated.

“He — and he or she — didn’t deserve this,” she stated. “This can be a unhappy and horrible day for our household. A member of the family was killed by his personal brother. For our household that is our 9/11.″

Samuel Hippolyte lived two blocks from the place he shot his older sibling. It was not instantly disclosed how a lot cash the 2 have been quarreling over.

As he evaded seize, a grand jury indicted Samuel on homicide and weapons possession costs for killing his half-brother and an arrest warrant was issued.

When he was grabbed Thursday, he was instantly dropped at Brooklyn Supreme Courtroom and ordered held with out bail, courtroom data present.

That is Samuel Hippolyte’s first arrest, police stated.

“We’re joyful and relieved,” Ruth Hippolyte stated concerning the arrest, thanking NYPD detectives and prosecutors for his or her efforts.

“We by no means might have believed it might come to this,” she stated. “We’ve misplaced two brothers. One is in jail, and the opposite is in his grave.”