Rahmell Howell, 29, was convicted in June of second-degree murder, first-degree reckless endangerment, and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. On September 10, 2021, around 6 p.m., 23-year-old Jermaine Isaiah Hill-Cross was standing outside 354 Clifton Place when Howell spotted him, chased him after he ran, and opened fire, fatally wounding him with a single chest shot. A 42-year-old bystander was struck in the buttocks and survived. Hill-Cross had been lured to the neighborhood by phone calls and took a taxi from Manhattan to Brooklyn. Howell later bragged about the killing on social media and was arrested on November 5, 2021. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said the case underscores the severe consequences of gun violence in the borough.
According to trial evidence, on September 10, 2021, around 6 p.m., the victim, 23-year-old Jermaine Isaiah Hill-Cross, was standing outside 354 Clifton Place when Howell spotted him from a nearby apartment. Howell and another man came outside, and when Hill-Cross ran, Howell chased him down the block and opened fire. The victim was shot once in the chest and died from his injuries.
A 29-year-old Brooklyn man has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for fatally shooting a former friend in an execution-style attack on a Bedford-Stuyvesant street, prosecutors announced Wednesday. The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office said Rahmell Howell was convicted in June of second-degree murder, first-degree reckless endangerment, and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon following a jury trial.
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