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Gang Member Sentenced For Fatal Shooting Of Teen Basketball Star In Westchester
The fourth member of a Westchester street gang has been sentenced for his role in the fatal shooting of a promising teenage basketball standout. Sincere Savoy, age 25, a member of the Mount Vernon Goonies street gang, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for his participation in the 2016 murder of Shamoya McKenzie on New Year’s Eve in 2016 in Westchester. On Dec. 31, 2016, Savoy and three other suspects who are alleged members of the Goonies gang attempted to murder a rival gang member in broad daylight by firing multiple bullets at him near the intersection of Tecumseh Avenue and Thir…
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Westchester Man Sentenced For Fatal Shooting Of Teenage Basketball Star
A purported street gang member in Westchester will spend decades behind bars for his role in the fatal shooting of a promising teen basketball player who was struck by an errant bullet meant for a rival. David Hardy, age 26, of Mount Vernon, was sentenced to 31 years in prison on Tuesday, Sept. 21 for the shooting death of 13-year-old Shamoya McKenize on New Year’s Even in 2016 in Westchester. On Dec. 31, 2016, Hardy and three other suspects who are alleged members of the Goonies gang attempted to murder a rival gang member in broad daylight by firing multiple bullets at him near the inters…
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Teen Arraigned On Murder Charge In Shooting Death Of Yonkers Resident
A months-long investigation into a fatal shooting in Westchester last fall led to the arrest of a teenage suspect who was arrested and charged, authorities announced. First responders were dispatched to the Triangle Deli on Ashburton Avenue in Yonkers at approximately 9:35 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, where there was a report of a man who had been shot inside the store. Upon arrival, officers from the Yonkers Police Department found city resident Javon Merrill, age 27, inside the store with a gunshot wound to his chest. Merrill was treated at the scene and transported to an area hospital…
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16-Year-Old Charged In Yonkers Murder Caught On Video
A 16-year-old has been indicted for allegedly fatally shooting a man in Westchester County in an incident caught on video. The Yonkers Police Department reported that the Delaware teen was booked by police on Monday, Aug. 9 on the charge of second-degree murder in the death of Javon Merrill, age 27, of Yonkers. Police said the teen, who was not identified because he is classified as a juvenile offender, is accused of shooting Merrill in the chest shortly before 9:40 p.m. Oct. 27, 2020, inside the Triangle Deli at 286 Ashburton Ave. Investigators used surveillance video, int…
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14 Charged In Violent Yonkers Gang Assault
Fourteen alleged members of the "300 Bloodhound Brims" street gang in Westchester have been arrested and charged for their roles in a violent assault of a man that caused potentially life-threatening injuries to a 33-year-old man. Late on Thursday, June 17, officers responded to North Broadway following a gang assault where a man was hit in the head with a bottle and stomped on by a group of people that included known gang members, Yonkers Police Commissioner John Mueller said. Original story - Multiple Arrests Made After Gang Assault In Westchester Witnessed By Dozens According to p…
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Four Admit To New Year's Eve Murder Of 13-Year-Old Innocent Bystander In Westchester
Four members of a street gang pleaded guilty to the murder of 13-year-old Shamoya McKenzie on New Year’s Eve in 2016 in Westchester. David Hardy, Marquis Collier, Jermaine hugely, and Sincere Savoy, members of the “Goonies” street gang pleaded guilty on Thursday, Oct. 1 for their roles in the death of McKenzie in Mount Vernon, who was struck by a stray bullet intended for a purported rival gang member. Earlier story - Gang Members Charged In Mount Vernon Teen Basketball Star's Fatal Shooting Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said that to fund their gang and maintain a stranglehold i…