42-year-old man shot and killed in Sheepshead Bay identified by police

Adam Devine

NEW YORK, NY – The NYPD has announced 42-year-old Levan Galdava as the victim in last week’s fatal shooting in Sheepshead Bay.

47-year-old Dmytro Lapko has since been arrested and charged with his murder.

On January 5th, Lapko shot Galdava multiple times in front of 3090 Ocean Avenue, near Avenue Z. Officers with the NYPD’s 61st Precinct arrived on the scene at around 9 pm to find Galdava with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso and trauma to the head.


He was taken to NYC Health and Hospital/ Coney Island, where he was pronounced dead.

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