Gunman Gets 10 Years For School Street Shooting That Wounded 3

YONKERS, NY — A man who opened fire on a city street and then fled the state faced justice today.

The Yonkers man was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with three years of post-release supervision, for the July 2022 shooting in Yonkers that injured three, Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah announced.

"This defendant unleashed a torrent of gunfire on a crowd of people enjoying a summer night last year, and terrorized a community that had endured another shooting just hours before, and multiple other shootings earlier that week," Rocah said, announcing the sentence. "We are thankful that a dangerous gunman has been removed from our streets and justice has been served."

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On March 2, Jaquan Henderson, 23, pleaded guilty to felony assault in the first degree for shooting three after firing 11 rounds of a 9mm pistol at a group of people on School Street in Yonkers at approximately 10:45 p.m. on July 16.

The shooting was captured on surveillance video.

The three victims sustained gunshot wounds and received emergency treatment at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla.

After fleeing the state, Henderson was apprehended in Lithonia, Georgia, on August 3, by the FBI’s Atlanta Metro Major Offender Task Force, following a joint investigation by 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 Yonkers police with the arrest.