Mother of Angellyh Yambo slams Bronx DA’s plea take care of her teenage killer for being too lenient: ‘I’ll by no means forgive him’

The mom of a 16-year-old lady who was killed by a stray bullet in New York City final 12 months slammed the plea deal her daughter’s shooter acquired as too lenient.

In an interview with the New York Post, Yanely Henriquez stated she wished the teenage killer of her daughter was in line for a sentence of a minimum of 25 years for the homicide. 

‘I’ll by no means forgive him for what he did to me and my household and that’s by no means going to alter,’ Henriquez stated.

Angellyh Yambo died in April 2022 after being caught within the crossfire of a Bronx shootout as she walked residence from faculty.

Jeremiah Ryan, now 18 years previous, is predicted to be sentenced this Friday to fifteen years to life in jail after pleading responsible to second-degree homicide.

Straight-A pupil Angellyh Yambo, 16, was leaving College Prep Constitution Excessive College within the Bronx in April of 2022 when a complete of six rounds have been fired, certainly one of which fatally struck her

Jeremiah Ryan, 18, is about to be sentenced on Friday after hanging a plea take care of theh Bronx DA

‘He has a second probability of life however my daughter does not,’ Henriquez stated, additionally admitting there would have been ‘lots on the road’ had the case gone to trial.

Ryan was accused of firing six rounds from a 9mm Polymer 80 ghost gun – an untraceable firearm that may be bought by way of the web and assembled at residence. 

The road combat was allegedly between two rival gangs, and passed off close to College Prep Constitution Excessive College within the Bronx, the place Yambo had been a straight-A pupil.

Two different college students have been additionally injured within the combat.

A spokesperson for the Bronx District Legal professional’s Workplace, Patrice O’Shaughnessy, stated Ryan’s deal was struck solely after Yambo’s household had been consulted.

O’Shaughnessy added the household agreed to the deal ‘as a result of they didn’t need to sit by way of a trial.’

‘That is particular accountability for what he did and justice for Angellyh.’

‘He has a second probability of life however my daughter does not,’ stated Yambo’s mom Yanely Henriquez (pictured left)

Yambo (middle) was reportedly a straight-A pupil at her Bronx constitution faculty

Yambo’s household had simply celebrated her sixteenth birthday when she was fatally struck

Henriquez is at work getting ready a press release to learn in court docket on the sentencing. She stated composing the assertion is ‘one of many hardest issues I’ve needed to take care of’ within the wake of her daughter’s homicide.

She stated she should ‘be courageous’ for her kids, who embrace two sons.

‘I’m going to have to seek out the braveness and power and every little thing to face up there and [read] it. I do know it’s going to be very arduous,’ she stated.

Within the wake of Yambo’s tragic demise, Deputy Police Chief Timothy McCormack stated: ‘We have now two households which can be utterly destroyed proper now – our sufferer’s household and our shooter’s household.’