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Ex-Con and Registered Sex Offender Arrested for Fatal Shooting in Queens Drug Transaction

A 44-year-old ex-convict and registered sex offender, with a history of three prison stints, has been apprehended by the NYPD for the fatal shooting of a man in Queens. The incident took place during a botched drug transaction in December 2022, according to the authorities.

The suspect, Kenyon Nesbitt, was taken into custody on Wednesday after being extradited from Pennsylvania, where he was serving time for an unrelated offense. He now faces murder charges for allegedly shooting 35-year-old Kenneth Murphy in the head. The tragic incident occurred while Murphy was seated inside a parked Nissan Altima near the intersection of Sutphin Blvd. and Tuskegee Airmen Way in Jamaica.

Law enforcement officials believe that Nesbitt and Murphy were in the midst of a drug transaction when the shooting unfolded. Upon arriving at the scene, officers discovered Murphy deceased at approximately 2:50 p.m. on that fateful day.

Nesbitt, who was residing in Brooklyn at the time, was later identified as the gunman. Following Murphy’s death, Nesbitt fled to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he was subsequently arrested for an unrelated offense and sentenced to prison. Further details about the Pennsylvania case are currently unavailable.

After extensive investigation, detectives located Nesbitt at Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution-Huntingdon and initiated the extradition process to bring him back to New York for prosecution.

Nesbitt’s arraignment in Queens Criminal Court is pending as of Thursday.

Notably, Nesbitt’s criminal record includes a gunpoint rape and robbery incident in Brooklyn back in 2002, resulting in a seven-year prison sentence. Following his release, he was added to the New York state sex offender registry. Additionally, court records reveal that Nesbitt served four years in prison for a 1996 attempted robbery conviction in Brooklyn.

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