http://www.gothamist.com/2007/04/18/jam_master_jay.php All comments for Suspect Named Five Years After Jam Master Jay Murder en-us 2007 jen Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:08:15 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jen@gothamist.com jen@gothamist.com 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2007/04/18/jam_master_jay.php#comment-1069921 http://www.gothamist.com/2007/04/18/jam_master_jay.php#comment-1069921 Comments Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:54:33 -0500 <p>Frank Owen broke this case open and named this guy as a suspect in 2003 in an article in Playboy called the Last Days of Jam Master Jay.</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2007/04/18/jam_master_jay.php#comment-1069418 http://www.gothamist.com/2007/04/18/jam_master_jay.php#comment-1069418 Comments Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:14:53 -0500 <p>"Observant reader" - i'm not sure what you're pointing out, as this is the same story we are covering in our post about it. </p> http://www.gothamist.com/2007/04/18/jam_master_jay.php#comment-1069329 http://www.gothamist.com/2007/04/18/jam_master_jay.php#comment-1069329 Comments Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:20:39 -0500 <p>Perhaps you missed this in Tuesday's Daily News: Jay slay suspect ID'd Say convicted robber took part in Queens killing of Run-DMC star BY ERNIE NASPRETTO and JOHN MARZULLI DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Tuesday, April 17th 2007, 4:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Print Email Suggest a Story Jam Master Jay -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The feds for the first time have publicly identified one of the gunmen allegedly responsible for the unsolved murder of hip-hop legend Jam Master Jay, the Daily News has learned. There have been many theories about who killed the founding member of Run-DMC, whose real name was Jason Mizell, in his Hollis, Queens, music studio on Oct. 30, 2002. But earlier this month, the feds implicated thug Ronald (Tinard) Washington in Mizell's murder in a letter to Judge Nina Gershon. The judge was presiding over Washington's armed robbery trial in Brooklyn Federal Court. Prosecutors Sean Haran and Adam Abensohn contend that Washington, 39, and an unnamed associate entered the studio and Washington "pointed his gun at those present in the studio, ordered them on the ground and provided cover for his associate to shoot and kill Jason Mizell," according to the letter. The information was revealed because Washington was mulling taking the stand in his robbery trial and prosecutors were obligated to turn over whatever uncharged crimes they planned to cross-examine him about, including Mizell's murder. Washington confessed his role in the Jam Master Jay slaying to his girlfriend Daynia McDonald, as well as the 1995 murder of Randy (Big Stretch) Walker, who was reportedly the best friend of rapper Tupac Shakur, prosecutors said. Washington, who was convicted of pulling six commercial robberies and faces life in prison, has not been charged with Mizell's murder. jmarzulli@nydailynews.com</p>