Chinx Homicide Suspect Sentenced To 23 Years Jail  

Chinx’s killer, Quincy Homere, has been sentenced to 23 years behind bars for the 2015 homicide of the rising rapper. 

Homere, certainly one of two males charged with the homicide, pleaded responsible in July. Chinx’s heartbroken widow, Janelli Caceres-Pickens, was in courtroom as Homere was sentenced on Monday (August 13).  

Whereas addressing the courtroom, Caceres-Pickens grew to become emotional, reflecting on the tragic loss. 

“I used to be instructed I had two minutes to say goodbye, holding his mom’s hand, watching his lifeless physique praying and crying for him to get up,” she mentioned. “A mom has to bury her son. On the age of 28 I had grow to be a widow. My youngsters, who had been 15, 11 and 4, at the moment are with out a dad.” 

Chinx was killed in a drive-by capturing in 2015. Homere and Jamar Hill had been arrested and charged with second-degree homicide and different related costs in 2017. Whereas Homere initially pleaded not responsible, he subsequently accepted a plea deal. Hill’s case remains to be pending. 

“Quincy Homere was sentenced in the present day to 23 years in jail for killing Lionel Pickens Jr., a profitable rapper, husband, and father who was mercilessly gunned down in 2015,” Queens District Lawyer Melinda Katz mentioned in a assertion. “Homere fired quite a few rounds into Pickens’ automobile whereas he was stopped at a pink mild in Briarwood after which fled, leaving the younger man for useless. Nothing can undo what occurred, however I hope in the present day’s sentence brings some solace to Pickens’ family members as they proceed to grieve.”