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Johnson robbed this Liberty Avenue phone store and four other establishments last year.
By Forum Staff
A 21-year-old purported member of the Bloods street gang has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty last month to attempted murder in the shooting of a man in December 2016.
Identified as Shukri Johnson, 21, of Guy R. Brewer Boulevard in Jamaica, the defendant also plead guilty in September to a spree of armed robberies at commercial businesses throughout Queens County between October 2016 and January 2017.
District Attorney Brown said, “In pleading guilty, the defendant has now admitted that he shot a man in the back and hip. The defendant also admitted to a string of armed robberies – including one in which a store worker was pistol-whipped. This kind of violence and criminal activity will not be tolerated in Queens. The defendant, a young man who could have chosen a different path for his future, is now going to prison for a very long time.”
On September 25, 2017, Johnson plead guilty to one count of second-degree attempted murder and five counts of first-degree robbery. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison to be followed by five years’ post release supervision.
On December 30, 2016, the defendant shot the victim, Shariff Funny, 25, as he stood waiting for an elevator in a building on Foch Boulevard in Jamaica, Queens. Funny was shot in the back and hip, but survived the injuries. In addition, the defendant and another individual committed five armed robberies of commercial establishments on October 17 at 131-08 Liberty Ave.; November 15 at 121-20 Liberty Ave.; November 27 at 194-06 Northern Blvd.; and December 31 at 132-07 Liberty Ave., all in 2016; and a final robbery on January 2, 2017, at 133-26 Springfield Blvd.
Johnson wore a mask and forced employees into a backroom and made them lie face-down on the floor while pointing a gun at them. He took cash and phones from cell phone stores and cash and narcotics from a pharmacy.
