A second person was arrested Wednesday in the tragic shooting of a 14-year-old girl who was killed while riding a bus in Jamaica, Queens, last year, cops said.
Shamel Capers, 16, was charged with murder in connection with the shooting of D’aja Robinson, who was killed on May 18, 2013, according to police.
A law-enforcement source said that both Capers and the other suspect, Kevin McClinton, 21, used the same weapon to fire a number of rounds at the side of the bus. McClinton was arrested in June 2013.
“We had been investigating the possibility of a second suspect in D’aja Robinson’s murder,” a police source said. “McClinton said another person, a friend, was with him and fired the gun first.”
It’s not clear which suspect fired the fatal shot, but they were both charged with murder because they were intentionally shooting at the side of the bus.
Capers was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court Wednesday and charged with murder, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon, according to DA Richard Brown