The look on the faces of the students at Challenge Charter School in Far Rockaway when they snuck a look at all of the zeroes that were on the oversized check
Suspect Arrested, Facing Charges in Deadly Shooting of 10-Year-Old Queens Boy June 9, 2021
A memorial sits outside Challenge Charter School in Far Rockaway, Queens, where Justin Wallace attended school. (Photo: Currents News, screenshot)
FAR ROCKAWAY A suspect was arrested in the deadly shooting of 10-year-old Justin Wallace that occurred three days before the boy’s birthday.
Jovan Young, 29, was arrested on June 8 what would have been Wallace’s 11th birthday. The NYPD charged Young with murder, attempted murder, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon. Police said Young turned himself in.
Video surveillance released by the NYPD shows a gunman firing numerous rounds directly at a house from the sidewalk on the night of June 5. The bullets struck Wallace and his 29-year-old cousin inside the Far Rockaway home of Wallace’s aunt. Wallace was pronounced dead a short time later at a nearby hospital. The 29-year-old is in recovery.