(SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Romero Campbell (aka Romeo), 23, of Brentwood, was indicted for Murder in the Second Degree, for allegedly fatally shooting Brentwood resident Joshua Jasmin, 29, following a verbal dispute.
“The charges that have been filed detail a tragic and senseless act of violence,” said District Attorney Tierney. “We will diligently pursue justice for Joshua and his loved ones.”
According to the investigation, on August 30, 2024, at about 6:00 p.m., Campbell and Jasmin were allegedly engaged in a verbal dispute on the front lawn of the defendant’s Brentwood residence on Charter Oaks Avenue. During the exchange, Campbell allegedly fired two shots from a shotgun, both hitting Jasmin in the torso causing him to fall to the ground. An eyewitness observed much of the exchange and noted that Jasmin was unarmed.
When Suffolk County Police officers arrived at the scene, they found Jasmin both pulseless and shirtless, lying partly in the roadway with multiple gunshot wounds to his torso. He was pronounced deceased at South Shore University Hospital. Body camera footage of the scene captured by a responding officer supported the eyewitness’ account that Jasmin was unarmed.
At that point in the investigation, it was unknown whether there were additional victims of violence on the property, whether there was an active shooter situation, and whether the officers themselves or the public were currently in danger. Accordingly, officers actively canvassed the Charter Oaks Avenue property.
When officers entered the side gate of the property, they came upon a doorway where an open mesh curtain gave view to a kitchen. A shotgun was observed standing vertically inside the doorway and a shotgun shell casing was spotted on the kitchen floor. Officers then observed Campbell standing nearby. After further investigation, Campbell was identified as the alleged shooter and safely taken into custody.
Video surveillance was also obtained from an adjacent property that captured the shooting, including the audio. In that surveillance recording, Jasmin can be observed having an argument with an individual outside the view of the camera prior to being shot. While the shooter was outside of the camera’s view, on multiple occasions Jasmin is heard to call him “Rome.”
On September 12, 2024, Campbell was arraigned on the indictment before, Acting Supreme Court Justice Karen M. Wilutis for Murder in the Second Degree, a Class A felony.
Justice Wilutis ordered Campbell held remanded during the pendency of the case. Campbell is due back in court on October 16, 2024, and faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted on the top count. He is being represented by George Duncan, Esq.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Eric S. Aboulafia of the Homicide Bureau, and the investigation was conducted by Detectives Peter Barba and Brendan O’Hara of the Suffolk County Homicide Squad.