Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have indicted a 3rd man in reference to the 2002 capturing demise of Run-D.M.C.’s Jam Grasp Jay, the New York Times reviews. Jay Bryant, a 49-year-old resident of Queens, New York, was charged with homicide whereas engaged in drug trafficking in addition to different trafficking-related costs. Bryant was already in custody awaiting trial on a separate drug-related indictment.
Jam Grasp Jay (born Jason William Mizell) based Run-D.M.C. in 1983 with Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons and Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels. He was shot to demise at 37 on October 30, 2002 in a recording studio in Jamaica, Queens. Prosecutors allege Bryant was seen coming into the studio constructing simply earlier than the capturing, and that clothes together with his DNA was discovered on the scene.
Two males, Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington, have been arrested in 2020 in connection to the capturing and indicted on comparable costs of homicide whereas engaged in drug trafficking. Jordan and Washington pleaded not responsible; their trial in scheduled to start in January 2024. Washington had been named as a suspect as early as 2007.
In 2018, Netflix launched ReMastered: Who Killed Jam Master Jay?, the third episode of its music documentary collection, exploring the circumstances of his unsolved homicide case.
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