FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 25 Years to Life in Prison for Fatal Flatbush Shooting That Killed One Man and Permanently Paralyzed Innocent Bystander
Defendant Opened Fire on Crowded Street One Block from Prospect Park
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that a Flatbush man who was convicted of murdering one man and permanently paralyzing another has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. The defendant fired at least six rounds from a .45 caliber pistol into a crowded intersection on a summer afternoon, killing a man and permanently paralyzing an innocent bystander walking home from a drugstore with his wife.
District Attorney Gonzalez said, “This shooting was a calculated attack carried out in broad daylight on a crowded street, in front of children, one block from Prospect Park. Malcolm Ameade lost his life, an innocent bystander was permanently paralyzed, and this defendant’s actions devastated two families. This sentence holds the defendant accountable and makes clear that those who choose to settle beefs with guns and terrorize Brooklyn communities will be arrested and brought to justice.”
The District Attorney identified the defendant as Jadis Saint Victor, 25, of Flatbush, Brooklyn. He was sentenced today by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Jay Weiner to 25 years to life in prison. He was convicted on February 25, 2026 of second-degree murder, first-degree assault and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon following a jury trial.
The District Attorney said that, according to the evidence, during the afternoon of August 19, 2020, the defendant drove the streets of Flatbush searching for 18-year-old Macolm Ameade. After locating Ameade near the intersection of Ocean Avenue and Woodruff Avenue, the defendant parked his car and lay in wait. When he spotted Ameade around 3:25 p.m., the defendant rolled down his window and took aim.
As Ameade unwittingly walked past the waiting defendant, Saint Victor fired a .45 caliber pistol directly at the victim until his magazine was empty. Ameade, who returned fire, was fatally shot in the chest and arms. A 33-year-old bystander who was walking nearby with his wife was caught in the crossfire, struck in the stomach and permanently paralyzed. Approximately 12 pedestrians, including several young children, were near the intersection when the defendant opened fire.
Following the shooting, Saint Victor fled to Indiana, where he was taken into custody in July 2021 and returned to Brooklyn for prosecution.
In a related case, the defendant’s father, Jean Saint Victor, pleaded guilty to first-degree hindering prosecution for falsely reporting that his car, a BMW X5, which was used by the defendant on the day of the shooting, was stolen. The father, who admitted in court that he filed the false report to aid his son, was sentenced to five years’ probation.
The District Attorney thanked Digital Evidence Lab Analyst Lexie Giardina, Detective Gregg Licari of the NYPD’s Brooklyn South Homicide Squad, Retired Detective Winston Courtney of the NYPD’s 70 precinct, the NYPD’s Gun Violence Suppression Division, and KCDA Detective Investigators for their assistance on the case.
The case was prosecuted by Senior Assistant District Attorneys Nicholas Ford and Marjeta Nikolovski, of the District Attorney’s Violent Criminal Enterprises Bureau, under the supervision of Assistant District Attorney Alfred DeIngeniis, Bureau Chief.
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