3rd Man Charged in 2002 Shooting Death of Run-DMC Star Jam Master Jay

3rd Man Charged in 2002 Shooting Death of Run-DMC Star Jam Master Jay
A pedestrian passes a mural of rap pioneer Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC, by artist Art1Airbrush, in the Queens borough of New York on Aug. 18, 2020. John Minchillo/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—A third man has been charged in the 2002 shooting death of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay, prosecutors said Tuesday, marking the latest movement in a case that languished for years.

Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York filed a superseding indictment on Tuesday, charging Jay Bryant, 49, in the death of Jason “Jay” Mizell, known professionally as Jam Master Jay.