Jersey City man's plea deal: I'm guilty of firing 5 fatal shots

by The Jersey Journal
Wednesday June 03, 2009, 11:14 AM

Terrance Christopher Boyd, a Jersey City man has pleaded guilty to killing a man on a Bergen-Lafayette street last year in a crime captured on video that shows drivers maneuvering around the body without helping or dialing 911, officials said.

The video, which has not been released, shows Javon Williams,19 and a friend retreating after an argument with Boyd, officials said. Boyd is seen taking out a gun and firing at both men, hitting Williams and continuing to shoot him after he is down, officials said, adding that Williams was hit at least five times.

During the gunfire that claimed Williams' life, a bullet also grazed his friend and yesterday Boyd also pleaded guilty to aggravated assault regarding that crime, said Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Pete Stoma.

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He's killer in video, cops say

Jersey Journal
Thursday, December 06, 2007

Security cameras that caught a September murder on tape led police to the Hudson County jail in Kearny yesterday, where they charged an 18-year-old Jersey City man with firing the fatal shots.

Terrance Christopher Boyd, whose last known address was on Van Nostrand Avenue, was charged with killing 19-year-old Javon Williams on Sept. 30 at Oxford and Bergen avenues, Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said yesterday.

Boyd had been arrested and jailed Oct. 5 for failing to appear at a Sept. 10 hearing in a prior drug case, officials said. He has since pleaded guilty to drug possession with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school and is to be sentenced Jan. 4.

The video, which law enforcement officials wouldn't release, shows Williams and a friend apparently retreating after an argument with a gunman, DeFazio said.

The killer is seen taking out a gun and firing at both men, hitting Williams and continuing to shoot him after he went down, DeFazio said, adding that Williams was hit at least five times.

The tape also shows people in a nearby parked car driving around the body and driving off after the shooting, DeFazio said.

Homicide detectives said the video also shows a second car going by and the driver actually getting out and looking at Williams before driving away without making any effort to get him help, DeFazio said.

Homicide detectives said the shooting appears to have been triggered by an argument and that the incident began at Bergen and Lexington avenues before moving to the place where the shots rang out.

The prosecutor said the man with the gunman may have been armed as well. The video shows him with an object in his hand that may have been a gun that he did not fire.

Boyd's bail has been set at $250,000 cash or bond in the murder, DeFazio said, adding that the investigation is continuing.

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