NYPD: Former state corrections officer wanted for East Flatbush double homicide

The man police suspect was behind a Sunday night shooting that killed a Brooklyn man and his stepson is a former state corrections officer, according to records.

NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Tuesday that the department is searching for 47-year-old Jason Pass in connection with the fatal shootings of his neighbors, 27-year-old Chin Wai Mode and 47-year-old Bladimy Mathurin, in East Flatbush.

Surveillance video circulating on social media shows Pass confronting Marie Luc Delille, her husband Mathurin, and her son Mode in the hallway by their apartment at around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Mathurin, a bodybuilder, approaches Pass with scissors, and both men appear to argue. When Delille tries to pull Mathurin back toward their apartment, Pass opens fire – shooting Mode, who collapses by the stairwell, and firing at Mathurin, who falls near the family’s door.

The New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision confirmed Pass was a correction officer at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining from September 2004 to June 2005, until he was terminated, according to prisons spokesperson Thomas Mailey. Mailey said the agency had no additional comment “due to the ongoing investigation” and that he could not confirm a reason for Pass' firing because the relevant employee records were destroyed after a required 7-year retention period.

According to a Daily News story from 2005, Pass was arrested while off-duty for allegedly pointing a pistol and shouting expletives at two plainclothes police officers after honking and tailgating them in their unmarked car. He was arrested and charged with menacing and reckless endangerment.

As of Tuesday afternoon, police officials said the U.S. Marshals Service and regional Fugitive Task Forces were searching for Pass. He also worked for the MTA as a subway conductor from about 2012 to 2018, according to state payment records and an official with knowledge of his work history.

On Monday, Delille told Gothamist that her family had long-standing friction with Pass, who became angry whenever they made noise in their apartment.

Kenny said the incident was sparked by an ongoing feud over noise. Based on the investigation, he said six 311 noise complaints had previously been filed from Pass’ apartment.

A woman who identified herself as one of Pass’ family members said she was out of state and had no comment about the incident.

This post has been updated with additional information. Jessy Edwards contributed reporting.