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According to the charges, Edmond and Donaldson approached Soliman as he got off a city bus here on Beach Channel Drive and fired a weapon two times, striking him once in the hand and once in the torso, fatally wounding him.
By Forum Staff
Two Far Rockaway residents have been charged with murder and other charges in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy who was exiting a New York City bus last Thursday afternoon in Far Rockaway. Petiri Edmond, 17, of Nameoke Street and Atekel Donaldson, 19, of Bay 32 Street, both of Far Rockaway, are being held and awaiting arraignment in Queens Criminal Court on charges of second-degree murder and two-counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
If convicted, they each face up to 25 years to life in prison.
According to the charges, on Thursday, February 8 at approximately 4:06 pm, in front of 46-15 Beach Channel Drive, defendants Edmond and Donaldson approached the victim, Youssef Soliman, 15, as he exited a city bus in Far Rockaway, and fired a weapon two times striking him once in the hand and once in the torso, fatally wounding him. The teenager was transported to a local Queens hospital where he was pronounced dead.
District Attorney Brown said, “This senseless act of gun violence – which has taken the life of a young boy – will not be tolerated in Queens County and my office will continue to work tirelessly to combat the proliferation of guns in this county.”
