October 28, 2007
Five Years Later, Jam Master Jay's Murderer Walks the Streets
Next week, Halloween eve to be exact, will mark the five year anniversary of Jam Master Jay's death. The murderer still walks the streets, as witnesses don't want to step forward in naming the man who ended the life of the rap legend.
amNewYork and the Daily News are both looking back at the open case, stating the little that is known:
On the night before Halloween 2002, the 37-year-old Mizell was in his recording studio in his neighborhood of Hollis, Queens. Two armed men were buzzed inside; according to some reports, Jay hugged one of the pair. And then he took a single .40-caliber bullet to the back of his head.Earlier this year a suspect was named, Ronald "Tinard" Washington, "a career criminal and local zero" that was living on Jay's couch and also linked to the 1995 shooting of Randy Walker (an associate of Tupac Shakur's). Next month Washington faces sentencing for a series of crimes committed after Jay's death, though he has yet to be charged with the murder of his self-described "childhood friend."
Today Jay lays at rest at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York -- but his family is still looking for closure. Run DMC's old publicist says the witnesses and those who may know something "keep their mouths shut because they know they could be the next one to end up dead." This no snitching thing is getting out of hand, and Jay's cousin calls it "nonsense." Even with a $60,000 reward out there -- no one's talking.
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keep it real, son: don't snitch
Zodak, Shut the hell up! Spoken like a true ignorant piece of garage. Grow up, get educated, mature, become somebody, then post. Keep what real? Explain real? Don't type shit that you have no idea what it means, you taking the words from a rapper who talks about guns, drugs, crime, killing people. If a rapper is your influence then it talks volumes about who you are, an ignorant follower with no sense of direction. Whoever is apart of this don't snitch movement are cowards. I guess they don't want to snitch because they are afraid that if they do that the person(s) will come after them next. So keep what real, that you are a coward, yes that is real. Most rappers are cowards and that is who you decide to take up with, get a life fast!
ummm, that was sarcasm. everyone on gothamist pretty much agrees with you. myself included.
It's highly possible that the killer "still walks the streets" but there is a small chance he or she might be dead. So normally, we say the killer "went unpunished" or the killer has "gone unpunished" to take into account this scenario.