27 year old Jawaun Yeoman of Atlantic City pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and possession of a firearm for
an unlawful purpose and is expected to be sentenced to an aggregate term of 12 years in New Jersey State Prison
On March 25, 2023, the Atlantic City Police Department responded to a report of a shooting near
Sovereign and Sunset Avenues. An adult victim was located with a non-life-threatening gunshot
wound to his lower back area. Through an investigation, the police determined that two groups
of men had met to participate in a consensual and planned fistfight. Yeoman and the victim
participated in the fistfight, which ended after Yeoman fired a handgun at the victim’s back. After
the shooting, all of the men fled the area. Yeoman was later apprehended in May 2023 and a
handgun was found on his person. Ballistics testing confirmed the recovered handgun had been
used to shoot the victim.