On March 12, 2012, 18-year-old Darryl Adams was fatally shot in the South Jamaica Houses in Queens. Surveillance footage from the housing complex shows Adams running while pursued by two assailants; after he stumbled, one of the pursuers stood over him and fired the fatal shot. An undercover police car was nearby and arrived almost immediately after the gunfire, and the two suspects were taken into custody at the scene. Reports identify the suspects as 19-year-old Sean Barnhill and 16-year-old Alexander Burgess, and investigators tied both to other recent shootings and robberies.

Both Barnhill and Burgess later pleaded guilty to manslaughter for Adams’ death. Burgess received a 16-year term for the killing plus an additional 12 years for a separate robbery, and Barnhill pleaded to first-degree manslaughter and was given a 25-year term, with two more years added for an assault on a correctional officer while in custody.