Tremaine Divine Jamison, 30, is escorted by state troopers in the parking lot of District Judge Joseph A. Halesey’s office on Tuesday after Jamison was returned to Luzerne County from New York City to face criminal homicide and firearm charges.
                                 Ed Lewis | Times Leader

Tremaine Divine Jamison, 30, is escorted by state troopers in the parking lot of District Judge Joseph A. Halesey’s office on Tuesday after Jamison was returned to Luzerne County from New York City to face criminal homicide and firearm charges.

Ed Lewis | Times Leader

Tremaine Divine Jamison extradited back from NY

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HANOVER TWP. — A man wanted for a fatal shooting during a kindergarten graduation party nearly three years ago was extradited back to the region from New York City on Tuesday to face criminal homicide and firearm charges.

Tremaine Divine Jamison, 30, stands accused of killing Devone Brown, 29, on Mark Drive in the Marion Terrace apartment complex on May 31, 2017.

Authorities allege Jamison and Brown were involved in an argument with several other adults after the son of Brown’s girlfriend was accused of punching Jamison’s son.

Brown allegedly retrieved a knife from his residence after someone pulled a knife on him. Jamison returned with a handgun and fired a round that struck Brown in the head, according to court records.

Investigators recovered a .40-caliber shell casing at the scene.

The shooting happened during a kindergarten graduation party.

Authorities said the shooting was recorded by several people on cell phones.

A witness reported when Jamison brandished the firearm, he took aim twice “to get a good aim” before pulling the trigger, court records say.

An arrest warrant was issued for Jamison on June 1, 2017.

He was captured in Savannah, Ga., by the U.S. Marshal Fugitive Task Force and the Savannah Police Department on June 28, 2018. He had been held at Rikers Island Correctional Facility in New York City on unrelated charges since his capture.

Jamison was listed on the state police Top 10 Most Wanted list in 2018.

Jamison, of the Harlem section of New York City, was turned over to state police at an extradition proceeding and returned to Hanover Township, where he was arraigned Tuesday evening by District Judge Joseph A. Halesey on charges of criminal homicide and illegal possession of a firearm.

As a criminal homicide charge is a non-bailable offense, Jamison will be jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility.