Right here is proof of the terrifying actuality of subway violence.
Disturbing new video obtained by The Publish reveals the wild melee on the A prepare in Far Rockaway final week as a 15-year-old boy was shot to dying, allegedly by one other teen.
The shaky 58-second video reveals two teams of teenagers combating on Oct. 14 after which the sudden pop of gunfire, adopted by screams from horrified onlookers as they tug on Jayjon Burnett’s apparently lifeless physique on the ground of the subway automobile.
The video leaves unanswered how two folks — each Burnett and Keyondre Russell, who was arrested within the taking pictures — ended up wounded with apparently only one bullet fired.
Burnett’s dying was amongst 9 homicides within the subway system this yr, topping the eight in 2021, which was a 25-year excessive.
The video begins as one boy, probably Burnett, says to a woman in a two-piece pink tracksuit, “I do know who was once your boyfriend. All that. All that. My girlfriend proper right here.”
A lady says “What occurred?” and one more lady chimes in, asking “Wait, what occurred? What’s the phrase?”
Russell, who's carrying a face masks, might be seen standing behind the lady within the tracksuit, in accordance with a supply who is aware of the 18-year-old.
That lady begins slugging one other rider as the kids look on with one yelling “Take your f–king hat off. Take your f–king hat off.”
Behind the brawling lady, one other group of teenagers seems to get right into a scuffle within the nook of the principally empty automobile.
Then one boy raises his arm and the sound of a gunshot rings out. Burnett, who police mentioned was shot within the chest, stumbles ahead and falls face down on the ground of the automobile.
Russell’s lawyer, who considered the video, mentioned his shopper was amongst the group within the nook however was sitting on the subway bench with different teenagers standing over him.
The video footage then will get jumbled as whomever is filming seems to maneuver away from the gunfire. A male voice might be heard asking “Why you bought to try this?” as a woman screams “JJ, get the f–okay up! Get the f–okay up!” to the mortally wounded Burnett.
Somebody drags Burnett, who's carrying a black hooded sweatshirt and black and white sneakers, to the middle of the automobile and lifts him by the shoulders, displaying his lifeless trying face.
Samaritan pulled Burnett off the prepare on the Mott Avenue/Far Rockaway subway station, police mentioned.
Police arrested Russell the subsequent day. He was intially charged with homicide and felony possession of a weapon.
Police confirmed that Russell had a gunshot wound to his thigh when he was busted, however the NYPD couldn't say whether or not it was related to the subway taking pictures.
Russell’s lawyer, Peter St. George Davis, maintains his shopper didn't have a gun and didn’t shoot Burnett. “My shopper is a sufferer — not solely a sufferer being jumped, however of a gunshot,” he contended in courtroom, saying a bullet probably handed by means of Russell’s leg and hit Burnett.
Russell was handled at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway and launched, Davis mentioned.
However a prosecutor referred to as the slaying “a gang-related incident,” saying Russell was picked out in two lineups and “a number of identification procedures.” He was despatched to jail with out bail.
A grand jury Friday did not indict Russell on the homicide cost.
The teenagers lived a few mile aside in Far Rockaway though it’s unclear in the event that they knew each other.
Burnett’s father described his son as a straight-A pupil. His mother posted on a GoFundMe web page that Thursday would have been his sixteenth birthday and that they have been saying their ultimate good-byes Friday.
Russell, who doesn't have a file, dropped out of faculty after tenth grade and lived together with his mom and siblings, in accordance with his lawyer.
Queens DA Melinda Katz mentioned in an announcement, “At a naked minimal, we in New York Metropolis have a proper to make use of our subways and have the flexibility to get residence safely to our households.”
The NYPD mentioned the investigation into the taking pictures was “energetic and ongoing.”
“Sadly, the scene in that horrific video performs out approach too typically in New York Metropolis. Many younger folks act out the smallest disagreements with senseless violence,” mentioned Metropolis Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens.). “We should deal with this conduct earlier than this metropolis turns into unlivable.”
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