Hoops ‘killer’ back in Qns.
The gangbanger arrested last month in California in the shocking 2019 stray-bullet killing of 14-year-old Aamir Griffin on a Queens basketball court is on his way to face a New York City judge.
Sean Brown, 18, was escorted by cops out of the 113th Precinct station house Saturday evening and was on his way to Queens Supreme Court for his arraignment, which is expected Tuesday.
Brown wore ripped black skinny jeans, a black sweatshirt and yellow sneakers as he exited. His mouth covered with a blue mask, he mumbled but did not clearly respond to reporters’ questions as two detectives deposited him into the back of an unmarked car to take him to court.
Brown, who lived in Jamaica, Queens, before hightailing it to California, will be charged with one count of murder, lawenforcement sources said.
He was busted on Aug. 23 by Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s deputies on a warrant for allegedly killing Aamir and extradited Friday to New York.
“I just watched him grow up from a baby,” said a former neighbor of Brown’s, who would not give his name. He said Brown’s family has since moved away.
Aamir was a promising basketball player and a freshman at Benjamin Cardozo HS, who was shooting hoops at Baisley Park Houses on Foch Boulevard in Jamaica when he was shot on Oct. 26, 2019.
The fatal bullet was fired from more than 100 yards away. Detectives immediately suspected the shooting was gang-related and that Aamir was not the intended target.
Aamir’s mom, Shanequa Griffin, 39, told The Post police told her Brown was back in the city to face justice.
“They told me everything,” she said. “It’s good.”
Last week, the grieving mom said she was excited Brown had been arrested.
“He took a lot from me. He broke my heart,” she told The Post. “I just want him to know that he is going to get what he deserves.
“Honestly, I cry a lot still. It’s still fresh for me. Every day is still like it just happened like it was just yesterday,” she said.
Friends and family described Aamir as a “really good kid” and “innocent.”
The case rocked the victim’s South Jamaica community and prompted a wide search for the shooter. Police offered a $10,000 reward for help bringing in the boy’s killer.