Grand jury indicts Edgemere man on murder
charges in shooting death of 10-year-old boy
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TIMESLEDGER | QNS.COM | JULY 23-JULY 29, 2021 5
BY BILL PARRY
An Edgemere man has been
indicted by a grand jury on
murder and other charges in
the shooting death of 10-yearold
Justin Wallace, according
to Queens District Attorney
Melinda Katz.
Jovan Young, 29, of Beach
Channel Drive, was arraigned
before Queens Supreme Court
Justice Michael Aloise on a
three-count indictment Thursday,
July 15, charging him with
murder in the second degree,
assault in the first degree and
criminal possession of a weapon
in the third degree.
According to the charges, on
Saturday, June 5, at just after
9:30 p.m., video surveillance allegedly
shows Young approach
the home on Beach 45th Street
and fire multiple shots directly
into the home.
Bullets went through the
entrance’s screen door, striking
Wallace and his uncle inside the
residence. A bullet ripped into
Wallace’s abdomen while the
uncle was stuck twice, once in
the neck and hand.
Young surrendered to authorities
at the 101st Precinct in
Far Rockaway on June 8.
“A community is still reeling
from this family’s unfathomable
loss to gun violence,” Katz said.
“As alleged, the defendant fired
multiple times into an occupied
house without any concern for
the lives he was putting in danger,
murdering a 10-year-old
boy and wounding the child’s
uncle. He now faces justice in
the courts, and we must do all
that we can to end the cycle of
violence causing so much grief
in our neighborhoods.”
The defendant was remanded
and Justice Aloise set
Young’s next court date for Sept.
16. If convicted, he faces up to
25 years to life in prison.
Reach reporter Bill Parry
by e-mail at bparry@schneps
media.com or by phone at (718)
260–4538.
Jovan Young was indicted by a Queens grand jury for murder charges in the shooting death of 10-yearold
Justin Wallace in Edgemere last month. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
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