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 would preserve him locked up for 25 years, a Queens choose determined Saturday.
Jaysohn Sykes was denied bail on second-degree homicide and legal 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, who goes by the nickname “Flex,” was arraigned a day after he turned himself into police on the one hundred and fifth Precinct in Queens Village.
Samuel, a Martin Van Buren Excessive Faculty scholar, was struck as soon as within the head by the scooter-riding gunman, in what police sources stated was a gang associated beef. Investigators consider Sykes shot Samuel throughout a bunch brawl, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny stated this week.
Samuel was rushed to Cohen Kids’s Medical Middle, the place he was positioned on life assist and finally succumbed to his accidents Wednesday.
If convicted, Sykes, a scholar at Campus Magnet Excessive Faculty in Cambria Heights, may resist 25 years to life in jail, in line with the DA’s workplace. His subsequent court docket look is on Sept. 29.
