27 year old Jawaun Yeoman of Atlantic City, was sentenced to 12 years on charges of aggravated assault, possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, and unlawful possession of a handgun by a prior felon.
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.