A reputed gang member accused of killing a 14-year-old basketball player in New York City in 2019 was caught on surveillance camera bragging about the murder, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Queens prosecutors said he was 18. Old Sean Brown told some of his friends: “I saw that black man. I hit it. That black fell ”after he fatally shot Aamir Griffin in southern Jamaica on October 26, 2019., New York Daily News reported.
The Money World gang member, who shot Griffin three times while the high school student was playing basketball on the courts of Baisley Park Houses, did not even know who his victim was, according to prosecutors. Brown mistook Griffin for a member of a gang. rival gang, prosecutors alleged.
All three bullets struck Benjamin N. Cardozo High School student in the chest, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said.
Brown was then caught on video fleeing the scene and entering a nearby deli before walking to the home of a fellow gang member.
One of the cameras reportedly caught him bragging about the shooting.
“This was a long and thorough investigation, which included a thorough surveillance review, 30 camera angles of the defendant’s vanishing point on the night of the death, as well as interviews with witnesses,” Katz told the media at a conference call. news on Wednesday.
After a 22-month search, police finally traced Brown to California through his social media posts, Griffin’s mother said. He was arrested in Los Angeles on Aug. 23 and waived extradition.
Brown was charged with murder and possession of weapons and indicted in Queens Supreme Court on Wednesday, ordered to be held without bail.
Brown is scheduled to return to court next Tuesday, and if convicted, he faces up to 25 years to life in prison.
Investigators believe the shooting was related to a gang dispute that resulted in a 16-year-old girl being hit by a stray bullet in the shoulder, a week before Griffin’s death.
Ron Naclerio, Griffin’s high school basketball coach, said he has now mourned the deaths of 11 of his players, eight of them killed in gun violence.
“This was the wrong place, the wrong time for Aamir? A fourteen-year-old boy going about his business, doing what he likes to do near his house, getting ready to go upstairs and have dinner when mom calls – it should never be the wrong place, the wrong time, “Naclerio said.
Speaking about Brown’s arrest, the coach said, “Are we feeling better, are we feeling happy? I think we simply say that we feel a little less Infobarcelona.cat Brief news.
