Troubled teen shot in Queens home died in cousin's arms

"Anderson said he believes Adams called his pot dealer to buy some weed and wonders if the dealer killed him. Police rounded up six people in the home for questioning, but as of Sunday had made no arrests. Anderson said he was the victim of a home invasion robbery five months ago and the door to his home was still broken along with the windows. City Buildings Department records show multiple complaints from neighbors who believed the large house had been illegally subdivided into apartments."

"Anderson told the Daily News that he and Adams went to a store the morning of the slaying and then Anderson hung back at a nearby park while Adams returned to the apartment alone. When Anderson returned home, he found Adams mortally wounded in the living room. "He was still breathing. He was alive. He was talking to me. He kept saying, 'They shot me. They shot me,' " Anderson said. "When I seen what happened I called EMS and police.""

"Adams was autistic and suffered from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and has been spiraling ever since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted his schooling and therapy. In the days leading up to his death, he was ducking a Family Court warrant and a looming sentence to a juvenile facility, according to his heartbroken adoptive mother, who didn't give her name. She said she last saw him a week before his death when he visite"

An 18-year-old, Jonathan Adams, was shot in the head in a South Jamaica apartment while staying with a cousin. The cousin found Adams mortally wounded in the living room and said Adams was alive and repeatedly said, "They shot me." Police questioned six people at the residence but had made no arrests as of Sunday. The cousin suspects a pot dealer may be involved. The home showed signs of previous break-ins and alleged illegal subdivision. Adams had autism and ADHD, experienced disruptions to schooling and therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic, and was facing Family Court action and a potential juvenile facility sentence.

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