Grand jury fails to indict teen for murder in NYC subway shooting death of 15-year-old

A grand jury didn't indict a Queens teenager on homicide expenses within the subway taking pictures dying of 15-year-old Jayjon Burnett, The Publish has discovered.

Police arrested Keyondre Russell, 18, on Oct. 15, a day after Burnett was killed on an A prepare in Far Rockaway as two teams of teenagers brawled. Prosecutors initially charged him with homicide and two counts of felony possession of a weapon.

However a grand jury Friday solely indicted him on the weapons possession expenses in addition to two counts of tampering with bodily proof and two counts of menacing, in response to Queens District Lawyer Melinda Katz’s workplace.

Keyondre Russell was solely indicted for weapons possession expenses after allegedly taking pictures and killing Jayjon Burnett on the subway.

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Burnett’s anguished household heard the information Friday night time.

“They’re not charging my son’s assassin with homicide,” stated Jeff Burnett, the teenager’s father. “I need justice for my son.”

The household stated Russell was additionally not indicted for the lesser expenses of murder or manslaughter.

NYPD officers on the scene of the deadly subway taking pictures in Far Rockaway, Queens.

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“They acquired him for a gun cost solely,” Christine Alvarez, Burnett’s heartbroken mom, stated.

Burnett’s dad and mom insisted that police arrested the appropriate particular person of their son’s homicide.

Disturbing video obtained by The Publish reveals the moments earlier than and after the taking pictures as the kids fought on the prepare after which a single shot rang out. It doesn't clearly present who fired the gun.

Keyondre Russell’s lawyer claims he didn't possess a weapon when Jayjon Burnett was shot.

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Russell is scheduled to be arraigned Nov. 3 on the most recent expenses. The weapons cost carries a sentence of as much as 15 years in jail.

Peter St. George Davis, Russell’s lawyer, has maintained that the teenager didn't have a gun and was himself a sufferer as a result of he was jumped by others and shot within the leg. He speculated that the bullet handed by Russell after which hit Burnett.

“I’m desirous to see what the proof is for what he’s charged with,” Davis stated. “He’s 100% harmless of the homicide and the grand jury presentation bears that out.”

Russell was being held on Rikers Island Saturday the place he had been despatched with out bail after his Oct. 16 arraignment.

The NYPD has stated the investigation into the taking pictures was “lively and ongoing.”