Daquan Glenn
Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced that a 15-year-old Stratford, Conn., resident was sentenced yesterday to 13 years to life in state prison for murdering Daquan Glenn in Doyle Park last year.
One month prior to Glenn’s murder, the defendant, then 14 years old, attempted to kill someone else by firing a loaded gun at them. For this offense, he was sentenced to an indeterminate sentence of 1 to 3 years in prison, to run consecutively to the sentence for murder.
In issuing the sentence, Judge Helen Blackwood denied youthful offender status to the defendant.
DA Cacace said: “The defendant’s lethal spree is all the more shocking given his age at the time of these offenses. More and more, we are seeing young offenders embrace merciless violence as a way of settling scores. This plague upon our communities must be addressed with every tool at our disposal, including policing, community investment and legislative reform. I will work with my partners across local and state government to stem this tide.”
At approximately 5 p.m. on Aug. 26, 2024, the defendant shot at two victims, one fatally, at Doyle Park, in Yonkers. Daquan Glenn, 29, sustained multiple gunshot wounds, including two gunshot wounds to the head. He was later pronounced dead at Saint Joseph’s Medical Center.
The second victim was discovered a short distance away with a gunshot wound to the leg. He survived his injuries.
One month prior, the defendant shot a loaded gun at another individual, who survived the attack.
The investigation into these incidents was conducted by the Yonkers Police Department and the FBI’s Safe Streets Task Force.
The cases were prosecuted by Bureau Chief Jonathan Strongin and ADA Brian Bendish, Senior Trial Counsel in the Homicide Bureau.
