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NYC brute who gunned down teen girl for refusing his advances sentenced as victim’s mom left ‘broken beyond words’
By Georgett Roberts, Alex Oliveira,
24 days ago
An enraged Lothario convicted of gunning down a 17-year-old girl who turned down his sexual advances at a Brooklyn party was sentenced to 15 years in prison, prosecutors said..
Javone Duncan, 24, was sentenced Tuesday for the senseless 2022 killing of Rae’Lynn Cameron, who he shot once in the chest at a 2022 party – then left her to die.
“This senseless shooting took the life of a young woman with a bright future,” Kings County District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said. “Today’s sentence holds the defendant accountable for his actions and is a measure of justice for the victim’s grieving family.”
Javone Duncan, 24, was sentenced to 15 years behind bars for the 2022 killing of teenage Rae’Lynn Cameron Paul Martinka
Duncan was convicted in March on charges of manslaughter.
During an emotional victim impact statement, Cameron’s mother Cassandra Adams asked that no mercy be spared Duncan, who she said callously took “a diamond, a gem, a powerful force” from her family.
“Since this senseless crime, I have been broken beyond words. Not even a guilty verdict can heal the pain that I will endure for the rest of my life,” the mother said.
Rae’Lynn Cameron was just 17-years-old when Duncan shot her dead NY1
“I never dreamed of being rich as I was already rich with having my children,” she said, explaining how her “beautiful, smart, intelligent, dancing diva” of a daughter will never be able to grow up to become “the phenomenal woman I raised her to be.
“Please consider all the consequences and the suffering that we as the victims and families of the victim have gone through and continue to go through just because this grown adult made a bad decision.”
Duncan, 22 at the time, approached Cameron at a party in East New York in October 2022 and hit on her – but she rebuffed him and told him to “suck my d–k” as he tried to make advances, prosecutors said after his arrest.
Police examine a blood stain found on the sidewalk outside the apartment where Rae’Lynn was killed in 2022 Paul Martinka
This apparently enraged Duncan, so he whipped out a pistol and shot the teen through the chest then ran off, prosecutors said.
Prior to the killing, Duncan had pointed his gun at least one other young woman while switching the weapon’s safety off and on, the DA said.
His behavior was so egregious that attendees asked him to put his gun away and warned him that he was being dangerous, prosecutors claimed.
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