Jhavaughn Pinnock is being sought by the NYDP after being identified almost six months later as the second suspect in the shooting death of tourist Jevaughn Jeminson outside a nightclub in Queens (NYC).
The fatal shooting caught on security camera happened outside the Pure Lounge on Merrick Blvd. in the St. Albans neighborhood early on April 8. The victim was just 23 years old and was visiting from Florida.
Earlier this month, police in Georgia arrested Christopher King, 31-year-old Long Island (NY) resident, as the first suspect. He was charged with murder and ordered held without bail.
Apparently during the confrontation King and Pinnock fired 13 bullets at Jeminson, who lived in North Lauderdale (Florida), according to the police. The victim He was shot twice in the head, one in the face, four in the stomach, one in the chest, one in the arm and four in the back.highlighted DailyNews.
Surveillance footage collected by detectives shows King entering the “Pure Lounge” around 1:56 a.m., about 10 minutes before the murder.
A bouncer checked him before he was allowed to enter. Pinnock followed him, but security officers turned him away when they discovered he had a gun. He left, but returned a short time later..
Jeminson left the club at 2:06 a.m. King and Pinnock followed him and, after a brief exchange of words,Pinnock pulled a gun from his sweatshirt, pointed it at Jeminson’s face and fired, prosecutors said. The wounded young man fled, pursued by King and Pinnock, who continued shooting, according to surveillance video.
Yesterday police released a mugshot of Pinnock in the hope that someone will recognize him. He has a large scar on his left cheek and was last seen driving to Long Island shortly after the shooting. Anyone with information should callat 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Also through the website crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.
All charges are mere accusations and those charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
Gun violence does not stop in New York. On Wednesday, Salvador “PJ” Martínez, a 27-year-old young man, was shot to death in Brooklyn (NYC).
On Sunday José Andrés Rodríguez Gómez, a 47-year-old man of Dominican origin, was found shot to death in his truck parked near his home in The Bronx (NYC).
Also in the middle of this month, young grandmother Enriqueta Rivera Meléndez was shot to death apparently at random in the middle of a gang war in broad daylight in Mott Haven. A 21-year-old man was arrested as a suspect.
