Exclusive | One of Barnard student Tessa Majors killers who was given slap on the wrist still in trouble thanks to Raise the Age law
The 13-year-old boy given a slap on the wrist in the infamous murder of Barnard College student Tessa Majors continued his life of violence after his release from juvenile detention — thanks to the Raise the Age law — adding an attempted murder and a vicious biting attack on a jail guard to his rap sheet, The Post has learned.The boy, Zyairr Davis, and two older pals, Rashaun Weaver and Luciano Lewis, both 14, sent shockwaves across Gotham when they viciously descended on the college freshman as she strolled through Morningside Park at around 7 p.m.on Dec.
11, 2019.Majors, 18, an aspiring punk-rock musician, fought like hell, biting Weaver in the finger and causing him to fly into a rage, stabbing her as feathers flew out of her down jacket.Davis admitted to picking up a knife dropped by Weaver and handing it back to him.Lewis held Majors in a headlock, and Weaver repeatedly knifed her, piercing her heart and leaving her to die.
Because of Raise the Age, which was pushed by lefty lawmakers and raised the age of criminal responsibility to 18 in an attempt to keep children out of jail, Davis was tried in family court and received only 18 months in juvenile detention.The two other teens were charged as adults, with Weaver getting 14 years to life and Lewis nine years to life.It’s not clear when Davis, who pled guilty to first-degree robbery, got out of lockup because juvenile records aren’t public, but by 2023 he was involved in another shocking crime.This time, Davis and two new pals allegedly fired multiple shots into a crowd in Harlem on April 8.
The shooting was apparent retaliation for the murder of Jaylen Duncan an hour earlier by Messiah Nantwi, a member of the local OTN Goodfellas gang, according to a Manhattan criminal complaint.Davis, who was 16 at the time, ran from the murder scene to the Lincoln Houses to get a gun after the shooting, according to the complaint.He and two other teens then opened fire on a crowd about two blocks away from the Du...