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Queens Teen, 16, Charged in Killing of 13-Year-Old Outside Dunkin' After Surrender

Investigators describe evidence of a gang dispute triggered by a scooter confrontation outside a Cambria Heights Dunkin'.

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13-year-old boy shot in head, killed in New York; Police searching for suspect (Photo: NYPD Crime Stoppers)
A 13-year-old boy was shot in the head outside a Dunkin' Donuts near Springfield and Linden Blvds. in Cambria Heights, Queens on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
A 13yr old boy was rushed to Cohen’s Children Medical Center in critical condition after he was shot in the head by another teen who was riding on a scooter in front of a Dunkin Donuts located at 208-15 Linden Boulevard in Queens on Monday Sept. 22, 2025. 1011. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)

Overview

  • The 16-year-old suspect, identified in multiple reports as Jaysohn (Jason) Sykes, turned himself in at the NYPD’s 105th Precinct on Friday and was later charged with murder and weapons possession.
  • Police say surveillance video and witness accounts show a teen arriving on a scooter, a confrontation escalating into a fistfight, and a single shot striking 13-year-old Sanjay Samuel in the head.
  • Authorities are treating the case as gang-related based on social-media indicators tied to Sex Money Murder, though Samuel’s family disputes any gang affiliation.
  • The shooting occurred around 8:20 a.m. Monday at Linden and Springfield boulevards in Cambria Heights as Samuel, a high school freshman, was with friends outside the shop.
  • Officials said detectives and fugitive task force units coordinated the surrender; Samuel’s family announced plans to donate his organs and the teen is counted among this year’s youngest gun-violence fatalities in New York City.