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On the evening of October 30, 2002, Jason William Mizell, a 37-year-old male known professionally as Jam Master Jay, was fatally shot at his recording studio in the Hollis neighborhood of Queens, New York. Mizell, the influential DJ for the pioneering hip-hop group Run-DMC, was playing a video game with a friend when two armed men entered the studio. One of the assailants fired two shots at close range, one of which struck Mizell in the head, killing him instantly. Another person in the room was ...Read More
Victim Details

Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell

Male

Black / African American

Queens

NY

2002-10-30

37

Jason

William Mizell

01/08/2026