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Jayjon Burnett

Case from Queens, NY dated Oct 14, 2022

Victim Details

Jayjon Burnett

Male

Black / African American

Queens

NY

2022-10-14

15

Jayjon

Burnett

07/06/2026

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On a tragic Friday afternoon, October 14, 2022, a senseless act of violence claimed the life of 15-year-old Jayjon Burnett. The young man, a promising eleventh-grade student, was fatally shot in the chest while riding a southbound A train in Far Rockaway, Queens, shortly after school had ended for the day. His death, just six days before his sixteenth birthday, sent shockwaves through his community. Jayjon was remembered by his family as a bright, 'straight A' student who had his sights set on a ...
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  • New York Post: Reputed gangbanger accused in NYC subway slay of 15-year-old: I’m the victim!
  • New York Daily News: Queens dad distraught over Rockaways subway train slaying of his teen son; ‘It always happens to the good kids’
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