2 Sentenced In Fatal Shooting Of Roselle Teen

ROSELLE, NJ — Two remaining men charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a Roselle teen during a robbery gone wrong in 2012 have been sentenced, acting Union County Prosecutor Thomas K. Isenhour announced.

Derrick Dunn, 23, was sentenced by state Superior Court Judge Stuart Peim to 25 years in state prison while Corey Winston, 23, was sentenced to 18 years for their roles in the death of 17-year-old Damel Mitchell.

Dunn and Winston must serve 85 percent of their sentences before the possibility of parole under the terms of New Jersey’s No Early Release Act.

On Feb. 20, 2012 shortly before 11 a.m., police responded to Sylvester Land football field in Roselle on reports of a person having been shot, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Michael Sheets, who prosecuted the case.

Mitchell, was pronounced dead at the scene about 15 minutes later, Sheets said.

Dunn, Winston, and 24-year-old Nyfee Mallory were all arrested two days after the shooting following a joint investigation by the Union County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force and Roselle Police Department, assisted by the Union County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit and Union County Police Department Ballistics Unit.

The three men lured Mitchell to the football field that night with the intent to rob him. As Mitchell attempted to flee, Sheets said, he was shot and killed.

In March 2017, following a trial lasting three weeks and jury deliberations spread over two days, Mallory was found guilty of charges including robbery and felony murder and later sentenced to a term of 35 years in state prison.

Dunn pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated manslaughter the next month, and Winston did the same two months later.

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