Queens man gets 20 years for pizzeria stabbing, victim’s family forgives
A 23-year-old man, who was sentenced to two decades in prison on Monday, was forgiven in court by family members of the 18-year-old he stabbed to death.
Juan Rosa pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter after he stabbed Dashawn Cameron in the chest while four others beat Cameron inside a Domino’s Pizza on Pitkin Avenue in East New York on Nov. 11, 2014.
Cameron’s aunt, Laniece Jennings, spoke for the family of the deceased in Brooklyn Supreme Court on Monday.
“These last couple years have been so hard for the family,” Jennings said through tears, stopping to wipe her eyes as she pushed her glasses up her face. “My heart is telling me to hate this young man. I want to hate him, but I can’t.”