23-Year-Old Indicted In Shooting That Seriously Injured 3 In Westchester

YONKERS, NY — A Westchester grand jury has handed down an indictment in a shooting that left three people fighting for their lives.

Yonkers resident Jaquan Henderson was indicted on charges connected with a shooting that seriously injured three on a Yonkers street, Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah has announced. The 23-year-old is currently being held without bail.

Henderson was indicted for three counts of attempted murder, three counts of felony assault in the first degree, two counts of felony criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and felony criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. He was arraigned in Westchester County Court on Monday.

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On July 16, shortly before 11 p.m., the Yonkers Police Department was called to the area of 43 School Street on a report of a shooting with multiple victims. Officers found three victims, two men and a female, critically injured by gunfire. The shooting was the second incident of gun violence in the city within just two hours. The first shooting was at approximately 9:15 p.m., near Pitkin Park.

Detectives from the Major Case Squad worked over the next several days to identify the gunmen in both incidents. Investigators believe that the shootings were related to group violence, and that the second shooting was in retaliation for the first shooting.

Detectives identified the gunman in the School Street shooting and believe that the perpetrator was targeting the Ross F. Calcagno Homes complex when he opened fire, discharging his handgun at least ten times and striking the victims who were congregating in front of a corner bodega.

Yonkers police said the shooter then fled the area, and ultimately left New York. He was identified as Jaquan Henderson, a 23-year-old resident of South Broadway in Yonkers.

Henderson was apprehended in Lithonia, Georgia, on August 3, by the FBI’s Atlanta Metro Major Offender Task Force, following a collaborative investigation between the Yonkers Police Department, the District Attorney’s Office and the FBI’s Westchester Safe Streets Task Force.

The Westchester County Department of Public Safety assisted the Yonkers Police Department with the arrest. The case is being prosecuted by the Violent Criminal Enterprise Bureau of the Trials and Investigations Division.