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FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com JANUARY 7, 2016 • THE COURIER SUN 3 TEEN DIES IN JAMAICA IN CITY’S LAST HOMICIDE OF 2015: POLICE By Robert Pozaryc ki rpozarycki@queenscourier.com/@robbpoz He didn’t live to see the new year. A teenager was found fatally shot in the head on a Jamaica street late in the night of Dec. 31 in New York City’s final reported homicide of 2015. Officers from the 103rd Precinct found 16-year-old Jihad Jackson of Edgewood Street in Rosedale gunned down at the corner of 109th Avenue and Merrick Boulevard at 11:30 p.m. Thursday. Paramedics pronounced Wills seeks passage of Community Violence Prevention Act BY YUSONG LEE editorial@queenscourier.com @QueensCourier City Councilman Ruben Wills recently reintroduced his bill, the Community Violence Prevention Act (CVPA), which would establish a commission to find solutions to crime. Under the CVPA, the city will identify which neighborhoods have the highest rates of violent crime occurrence and evaluate the city’s efforts to find out which conditions lead to violence. Wills insisted that the CVPA would help determine the cause of violence and lead to a comprehensive strategy that can solve the problem more directly. “I urge the Council to pass it immediately. Our children and families cannot wait,” he said. “Councilman Wills’ legislation will pave the way for a definitive plan of action that will keep our kids from ever committing these vicious acts,” Assemblywoman Vivian Cook added. The commission would be required to report its activities to the mayor and City Council every year. Boyfriend of Woodhaven murder victim in police custody: NYPD him dead at the scene. Investigation is ongoing. Photo by Robert Stridiron A teenager was shot to death in Jamaica on Thursday night in the city’s last reported homicide of 2015. By Anthony Giudice agiudice@ridgewoodtimes.com @A_GiudiceReport The boyfriend of Woodhaven resident Joceline Romo, the city’s first murder victim of 2016, is currently in police custody, authorities reported. According to police, Romo’s boyfriend, whose name has not been released, is undergoing psychiatric evaluation at Jamaica Hospital. Romo was found unconscious, lying face down on her bed inside of her home on 86th Street near 91st Avenue in Woodhaven late on New Year’s Day. Reports indicated that Romo had blunt force trauma to her head and neck compression injuries. Following an autopsy, police classified the case as a homicide — the first of the year. The investigation is ongoing. THE COURIER/Phot by Anthony Giuice The boyfriend of Joceline Romo, the city’s first murder victim of 2016, is in police custody at Jamaica Hospital, police said.


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