Staten Island murder defendant drops to knees in courtroom reenactment of crime scene

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Though already found unfit by the state to face the charges against him, a defendant in a 2020 murder case remained held this week on Rikers Island in lieu of a treatment facility, according to his attorneys.

Ayomide Shodiya, now 26, was tried in August 2024 on a top count of second-degree murder in connection with the 2020 stabbing death of his roommate inside a house on Richmond Terrace in Port Richmond…

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