OZONE PARK MAN, 24, GETS 16 YEARS
IN PRISON FOR 2018 FATAL SHOOTING
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TIMESLEDGER | QNS.COM | FEB. 25 - MARCH 3, 2022 5
BY BILL PARRY
Queens District Attorney Melinda
Katz announced that Ozone Park
resident Denzel Floyd, 24, was sentenced
to 16 years in prison for the
2018 Memorial Days shooting death
of a 27-year-old man.
Floyd, of 104th Street, pleaded
guilty to manslaughter for the May
2018 fatal shooting of Jonathan Polanco
at Floyd’s home near Liberty
Avenue.
According to court records, at
around 11 a.m. on May 28, 2018,
Floyd was inside a residence on
104th Street in Ozone Park with
three other men.
The defendant used a firearm
to shoot the three victims multiple
times. Polanco was struck once in
the neck and later died from the fatal
shot at Jamaica Hospital Medical
Center.
The two other men were also
shot, one in the torso and the other
in the hand. Both men survived
their injuries.
Katz said Floyd was involved
in a high-speed car crash near the
intersection of 111th Street and
107th Avenue while fleeing from the
shooting. Floyd ran a red light while
driving a 2010 black Mazda and
struck another vehicle.
The defendant then abandoned
the Mazda and fled on foot taking
a pink .380-caliber semi-automatic
pistol from the car.
Police from the 106th Precinct
in Ozone Park later retrieved the
loaded gun after Floyd disposed of it
near a house on 110th Street.
“The sentencing of this defendant
brings resolution to this case
but cannot make up for the loss of
life or injury caused by his actions
on Memorial Day 2018,” Katz said.
“We will continue to do all we can
to eradicate the flow of firearms
and hold accountable those who use
them to wound and kill.”
Justice Aloise sentenced Floyd to
16 years in prison to be followed by
five years’ post-release supervision.
Reach reporter Bill Parry by email
at bparry@schnepsmedia.com
or by phone at (718) 260–4538.
Denzel Floyd was involved in a high-speed car crash near the intersection of 111th
Street and 107th Avenue while fleeing from the shooting, Queens DA Melinda Katz
said. Photo by Robert Stridiron
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