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Man Plans to Plead Guilty in Killing of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay. 2 Other Men Went to Trial
Court records say Bryant would be the first person to admit any role in the 2002 killing of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay.
- On Thursday, court records indicated that Jay Bryant plans to plead guilty to his role in the 2002 killing of Jam Master Jay, marking the first court admission in the Run-DMC star's death.
- Prosecutors allege Bryant, now 52, opened a studio fire door to allow co-defendants Karl Jordan and Ronald Washington to ambush Mizell after DNA testing linked him to a hat found at the scene.
- Co-Defendants Jordan and Washington were previously convicted, though Jordan's conviction was overturned; Bryant's uncle claimed Bryant confessed to shooting Mizell, an account prosecutors have contested.
- If finalized, the plea could bring closure to the convoluted case involving the Run-DMC DJ, though defendants retain the right to change their minds about pleading guilty even while appearing in court.
- Bryant remains jailed on federal drug and gun charges while awaiting sentencing, as defense attorney Michael Hueston previously argued that the absence of Washington and Jordan's DNA on the hat raised reasonable doubt.
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Jam Master Jay Murder Case: Prosecutors Appeal to Reinstate Alleged Shooter’s Conviction
Prosecutors argue in a new appeal that a judge was wrong to overturn the conviction of the man who allegedly shot and killed Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay in a Queens recording studio in 2002. Karl Jordan Jr., the godson of the rap icon (Jay Mizell), was one of two men found guilty by a jury in 2024 for the long-unsolved murder. But a New York federal judge set aside that verdict and acquitted Jordan at the end of 2025, finding that there was no ev…
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Man set to plead guilty in killing of rap legend
One of the three men charged in the killing of Jam Master Jay plans to plead guilty, court records show, in what would be the first admission anyone has made in court to any role in the Run-DMC star’s 2002 death.
·Syracuse, United States
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