Two neighbors are facing various weapons charges in connection to the Saturday night Queens shooting that ended in the murder of a 10-year-old boy days before his birthday, the NYPD announced Friday. Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison tweeted Friday that detectives executed a search warrant Thursday night on Beach 45 Street in Far Rockaway and arrested Ashram Lochan, 26, eventually.
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A second person was arrested and is facing various weapons charges in connection to the Saturday night Queens shooting that ended in the murder of a 10-year-old boy days before his birthday, the NYPD announced Friday.
Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison tweeted Friday that detectives executed a search warrant Thursday night in Far Rockaway and arrested Astram Lochan, eventually charging him with various weapons crimes.
Wallace was shot and killed while at a family barbecue Saturday night; he would have turned 11 on Tuesday and was set to graduate from a charter prep school two days later.