A 3rd man has been charged with homicide over the loss of life of Run-DMC star Jam Grasp Jay in 2002.
On Tuesday, federal prosecutors within the Jap District of New York introduced that that they had charged Jay Bryant, 49, with homicide whereas engaged in narcotics trafficking and different drug-trafficking counts in relation to the hip-hop star’s loss of life, reviews The New York Occasions.
Jam Grasp Jay, actual title Jason Mizell, was shot within the head in his studio in Queens, New York, on 30 October 2002 on the age of 37.
In keeping with the indictment, Bryant was already in custody awaiting trial on unrelated federal medication prices.
In 2020, two different males, Ronald Washington and Karl Jordan Jr., had been charged with the musician’s homicide. They beforehand pleaded not responsible and are scheduled to face trial in January 2024.
Bryant’s lawyer César de Castro instructed a number of retailers on Tuesday that his shopper would additionally plead not responsible.
“Securing an indictment in a secret grand jury, making use of an especially low burden of proof, is one factor,” he stated. “Proving it at trial is one other matter.”
Again in 2020, prosecutors alleged that Jay was killed over a soured drug deal. In a letter filed with the court docket on Tuesday, they claimed that Bryant, Washington and Jordan Jr. entered the recording studio that night and fled after the taking pictures.
In keeping with The Related Press, prosecutors acknowledged that Bryant was noticed going into the constructing and his DNA was recovered on the scene of the crime.
Run-DMC, additionally that includes Joseph ‘Run’ Simmons and Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels, disbanded after Jay’s loss of life.
