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Suspected gunman in stray-bullet death of sports YouTuber busted: cops

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Suspected gunman in stray-bullet death of sports YouTuber busted: cops

A gunman who allegedly killed a sports YouTuber while aiming at someone else in Harlem last month has been arrested, the NYPD said this week.

Mohamed Sawaneh, 21, was nabbed Tuesday morning on murder charges stemming from the fatal July drive-by shooting of 37-year-old Jeremy Cummings.

“I didn’t do s–t,” he said as he was escorted out of the 28th Precinct a few hours after his arrest wearing a bright red hoodie and matching sweatpants, amNewYork reported.

Mohamed Sawaneh, 21, was arrested for second degree murder on Tuesday. FNTV
Jeremy Cummings, 37, was fatally shot on July 2. National Gun Violence Memorial

Sawaneh, who lives in NYCHA’s Webster Houses in The Bronx, is accused of opening fire while driving along Eight Avenue and West 118th Street on the afternoon of July 2, according to police.

Cummings was shot in the back and abdomen.

He was rushed to Mount Sinai Morningside, where he was pronounced dead.

He ran the YouTube channel JermSportsTV, which counts more than 35,000 subscribers and where he posted short edited clips from sporting events and also of the football video game Madden.

Cummings is believed to have been an unintended target, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said shortly after the shooting.

“No criminal history, no gang affiliation. Prior to this incident, the victim is simply standing on the corner with a group of friends —  about four or five gentlemen,” Kenny said. 

Sawaneh insisted that he “didn’t do s–t” during his perp walk. FNTV

In the aftermath of the shooting, the gunman got boxed in by a van while trying to flee and abandoned his car, police said.

He got away on a Citi Bike that he stole from a pair of teens on the sidewalk, according to cops.

Sawaneh has no prior criminal history, and the motive remains under investigation, cops said.

In addition to one count of second degree murder, he was also charged with first-degree robbery, leaving the scene of an incident without reporting it and two counts of criminal possession of a firearm.

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