The 18-year-old accused within the capturing dying of a 15-year-old on the A prepare in Queens final month whined to The Submit in an unique jailhouse interview that he’s “not the assassin” within the caught-on-video slaying.
Keyondre Russell of Far Rockaway was arrested for homicide and legal possession of a weapon on Oct. 15, a day after a conflict between two teams of teenagers on a prepare ended when gunshots fatally struck Jayjon Burnett.
A grand jury did not indict Russell on homicide fees final month. As a substitute, he was indicted for weapons possession, tampering with proof and menacing.
On Thursday, Decide Bruna DiBiase set bail at $750,000 in money or a $2 million bond. “The courtroom doesn’t take it flippantly that a younger man’s life was misplaced within the incident,” DiBiase stated.
Throughout his Oct. 30 video interview with The Submit, Russell insisted, “I didn’t commit no crime, and I don’t belong right here.”
Russell claimed he’s no gangbanger, regardless of a prosecutor calling the capturing a “gang-related incident,” and stated he didn’t carry or hearth the weapon that killed Burnett.
“I didn’t haven't any gun on me and I’m not the assassin,” stated Russell, who maintained a defensive tone all through the 45-minute interview.
Russell stated that he didn’t acknowledge Burnett or anyone else on the prepare throughout the mayhem. He was together with his girlfriend of three months, whom he had “picked up” from her highschool earlier than the 2 boarded the southbound subway.
He maintained that Burnett instigated the argument with him – though he can’t bear in mind what Burnett stated, and doesn’t know who Burnett thought he was.
“He got here to me and my lady … And he was speaking to me considering I used to be someone and I used to be like ‘I don’t know what you speaking about,’” Russell stated.
Video footage of the incident reveals a boy saying to a lady in a two-pieced purple tracksuit, “I do know who was once your boyfriend. All that. All that. My girlfriend proper right here.”
The video goes on to point out teenagers tussling. After the gunshot goes off, the footage jumbles.
The deadly gun episode began after 15-year-old Jayjon Burnett obtained right into a battle with accused shooter Keyondre Russell.
Terrifying footage reveals 15-year-old Jayjon Burnett struggling a deadly gunshot on the A prepare in Far Rockaway.
Video reveals Jayjon Burnett falling face down after being shot.
The bullet handed by way of Russell’s proper thigh earlier than fatally placing Burnett.
Nevertheless, “I didn’t really feel [the gunshot] in the intervening time,” Russell claimed, nor as he and his girlfriend fled the Far Rockaway station and took “a far stroll.”
Russell claims he lastly seen his wound once they reached his girlfriend’s residence, the place he utilized a pad to cease the bleeding earlier than “calling an Uber residence” — as a substitute of going to a hospital.
Russell additionally modified his garments at his girlfriend’s home, Russell’s sister advised The Submit.
Russell’s mom, Keturah Miller, stated her household has obtained threats from individuals she stated had been tied to Burnett because the homicide.
“When all people began saying all of this malicious stuff, threatening my household and the whole lot, saying my son is a killer, a monster, a assassin — I do know in my coronary heart, that he’s not that, and I do know he didn't try this,” Miller stated.
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