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“The scourge of gun violence continues to steal friends, family and loved ones from our communities, leaving heartache and hardship in its tragic wake,” DA Katz said.
By Forum Staff
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Monday that Jamal Brown has been indicted by a Queens
County grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on charges of murder and criminal possession of a weapon in the killing of Anthony Edwards. Edwards was found in his car on July 31 a block from his Edgemere, home with an apparent gunshot wound to the head.
District Attorney Katz said: “The scourge of gun violence continues to steal friends, family and loved ones from our communities, leaving heartache and hardship in its tragic wake. We will continue to fight this plague, on the streets and in the courts, with all our might and resources.”
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Edwards was killed while sitting in his car at the intersection of Beach 38th Street and Norton Avenue.
Brown, 27, of Beach 54 Street, was arraigned Monday before Queens Supreme Court Justice
Michael Aloise on a three-count indictment charging him with murder in the second degree and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. Judge Aloise set the defendant’s return date for Dec. 6. If convicted, Brown faces up to 25 years-to-life in prison.
According to the charges, on July 31, at approximately 10:05 a.m., Brown took out a loaded gun and fired multiple times at the 36-year-old victim, striking him in the head while sitting in his car at the intersection of Beach 38th Street and Norton Avenue. As alleged, the defendant immediately fled the area in a white Jeep.
“The scourge of gun violence continues to steal friends, family and loved ones from our communities, leaving heartache and hardship in its tragic wake,” Katz said.
Brown was apprehended in Harlem on Sept. 22 and remains in custody.
