The 16-year-old gunman who allegedly murdered a 13-year-old boy exterior of a Dunkin’ Donuts this week will stay behind bars whereas dealing with homicide and weapons costs that might hold him locked up for 25 years, a Queens decide determined Saturday.
Jaysohn Sykes was denied bail on second-degree homicide and prison possession of a weapon costs for allegedly capturing Sanjay Samuel as soon as within the head exterior of the Springfield Gardens store Monday morning, the Queens District Lawyer’s Workplace introduced.
Sykes’ arraignment got here a day after he turned himself into police on the NYPD’s one hundred and fifth Precinct.
Samuel, a Martin Van Buren Excessive College scholar, was struck as soon as within the head when the scooter-riding gunman, who goes by the title Flex, in what police sources mentioned was a gang associated beef. Investigators imagine Sykes shot Samuel throughout a gaggle brawl, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny mentioned this week.
Samuel was rushed to Cohen Kids’s Medical Heart, the place he was positioned on life help and finally succumbed to his accidents Wednesday.
If convicted, Sykes, a scholar at Campus Magnet Excessive College in Cambria Heights, may withstand 25 years to life in jail, based on the DA’s workplace. His subsequent courtroom look is on Sept. 29.
