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Richard Davenport fired several times, striking and killing Omaree Morrison as he walked on 135th Avenue near 105th Street.
By Forum Staff
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Tuesday that Richard Davenport and Neville Brown have pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter for the shooting deaths of two men in South Richmond Hill in late 2017 and early 2018.
Davenport, 46, of Jamaica, and Brown, 42, of Hollis, each pleaded guilty on Monday to two counts of first degree manslaughter before Queens Supreme Court Judge Michael B. Aloise, who indicated he would sentence Davenport to 29 years and Brown to 15 years in prison.
Sentencing for Brown is scheduled for Dec. 13; sentencing for Davenport is set for Jan. 12.
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Dail Ramessar was shot as he sat in his car parked on 125th Street at Atlantic Avenue.
According to the charges, at approximately 3 a.m. on Dec. 19, 2017, Brown was the driver and Davenport the lone passenger in a Mercedes Benz that drove several times past a Cadillac Escalade parked on 125th Street and Atlantic Avenue in South Richmond Hill. Security camera video footage shows the defendants parking the Mercedes and Davenport and Brown exiting and approaching the Cadillac from opposite sides. Davenport is then seen firing several times into the vehicle, striking Dail Ramessar, 21. The defendants fled the scene in the Mercedes. Ramessar was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
Additionally, according to the charges, at roughly 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 16, 2018, security video footage shows the same Mercedes Benz stopped on 105th Street near 135th Avenue in South Richmond Hill.
Davenport is seen exiting the vehicle and approaching Omaree Morrison, 19, as he walked along 135th
Avenue. Davenport fired several times, striking and killing Morrison.
Ballistics tests showed that the shell casings recovered from the January 2018 shooting matched those found at the December 2017 crime scene.
“The scourge of gun violence that has brought heartache and grief to our communities will never be tolerated,” Katz said.
