STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York State officials have denied parole for the man convicted in the shooting death of NYPD Officer Gerard Carter, state records show.
The parole applicant, now 43-year-old Shatiek Johnson, was sentenced on a top count of murder to 25 years to life in prison in connection with the 1998 slaying. He currently is serving out his sentence at Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York.
A jury determined Johnson, then 17 years old, shot Carter, 28, who was seated in a marked police van in the courtyard of the West Brighton Houses. The murder came amid an uptick in violence across the city and strained relations between police and some residents in socioeconomically struggling communities…