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By Alicia Cruz
The Black Urban Times
What started out as a surprise birthday party in Queens erupted into a fistfight that led to a shooting at 4:30 a.m. Sunday, killing an innocent bystander.
O'Neil Mairs, 23, was arrested Monday and charged with possession of a weapon and the murder of Avalisa Morris, 26, a young woman attending the party on 119th Road.
Police say Mairs fired two shots through the door of a Queens apartment after the tenants refused to allow him inside.
Morris, a native of Jamaica who worked as a bank teller, was helping others shut the door on Mairs after he became involved in a verbal altercation with someone at the party. As several people held the door closed, Mairs opened fire hitting Morris in the head and abdomen.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Morris' cousin, Lennox Grant told the NY Daily News his cousin was simply trying to keep everyone safe.
Larrissa Whyte, another cousin of Morris, who was also at the party said her cousin was standing at the door to prevent the troublemakers fighting outside from coming into the apartment.
No other party goers were reported injured. Mairs remains in custody, and investigators have not said when he is set to appear in court or whether he is being held in lieu of a bond.
O'Neil Mairs, 23, was arrested Monday and charged with possession of a weapon and the murder of Avalisa Morris, 26, a young woman attending the party on 119th Road.
Police say Mairs fired two shots through the door of a Queens apartment after the tenants refused to allow him inside.
Morris, a native of Jamaica who worked as a bank teller, was helping others shut the door on Mairs after he became involved in a verbal altercation with someone at the party. As several people held the door closed, Mairs opened fire hitting Morris in the head and abdomen.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Morris' cousin, Lennox Grant told the NY Daily News his cousin was simply trying to keep everyone safe.
Larrissa Whyte, another cousin of Morris, who was also at the party said her cousin was standing at the door to prevent the troublemakers fighting outside from coming into the apartment.
No other party goers were reported injured. Mairs remains in custody, and investigators have not said when he is set to appear in court or whether he is being held in lieu of a bond.
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