Crime & Safety

Auburndale Man Who Fatally Shot 29-Year-Old In Jamaica Arrested: NYPD

Damion​ Howell, from Auburndale, was charged with murder after he shot 29-year-old​ Julian Askew in August 2022, police said.

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Damion​ Howell, from Auburndale, was charged with murder after he shot 29-year-old​ Julian Askew​ dead on Aug. 5, 2022, in front of 106-17 Waltham Street, near Tuskegee Airmen Way, around 1:50 a.m., the NYPD said.
Damion​ Howell, from Auburndale, was charged with murder after he shot 29-year-old​ Julian Askew​ dead on Aug. 5, 2022, in front of 106-17 Waltham Street, near Tuskegee Airmen Way, around 1:50 a.m., the NYPD said. (Courtesy of the NYPD)

QUEENS — A 39-year-old man was arrested after he fatally shot a man in Jamaica nine months ago, police said.

Damion Howell, from Auburndale, was charged with murder after he shot 29-year-old Julian Askew dead on Aug. 5, 2022, in front of 106-17 Waltham Street, near Tuskegee Airmen Way, around 1:50 a.m., the NYPD said.

In December, authorities released images of two suspects in the shooting.

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Askew was found shot in the torso last year and was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he died, police said.

The 29-year-old was fighting with the two men before they shot him and fled, the NYPD said.

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