Teen accused of killing groom in NYC hit-and-run hours earlier than marriage ceremony nabbed making an attempt to flee nation

The incorrect-way teen driver accused of killing a groom in a Harlem hit-and-run hours earlier than his marriage ceremony was nabbed on the Canadian border only a day after the horrific incident, in line with a felony criticism.

Jimmy Connors, 17, of Lengthy Island, is now cooling his heels at a juvenile detention heart after being ordered held with out bail at his arraignment in Manhattan Felony Courtroom Friday, authorities mentioned.

Connors was detained when he tried to cross on the Canadian border with out identification and stuffed with suspicious accidents.

Canadian authorities noticed he “had cuts and bruises on his face, a big bruise on the left aspect of his abdomen, blood on his shirt, and he was strolling with a limp,” an NYPD officer wrote within the felony criticism in opposition to Connors.

The Canadian official was in a position to ID Connors in photographs of the teenager leaving the scene of the lethal Aug. 24 crash in a Chevy Silverado pick-up truck with Ontario license plates, in line with the criticism.

He was formally arrested in New York Metropolis on Friday. Cops weren’t instantly in a position to say when he was extradited to The Massive Apple.

Connors’ legal professional, Jonathan Perez, mentioned he pleaded “not responsible.”

A detention listening to is slated for Monday.

He informed The Put up on Saturday that “the DA simply has circumstantial proof at this level” and time will present “he wasn’t concerned or the offender. I do consider there have been others. … It’s a really weak case.”

Perez wouldn’t get into specifics however mentioned Connors is “sick, autistic, has epilepsy” and “he wants treatment.”

“He’s a 17-year-old youngster … there have been different individuals within the automotive. I consider he’s being taken benefit of by the offender as a result of he’s autistic and has epilepsy. Simply because he was seen in some unspecified time in the future in that automobile, doesn’t imply he was the principle offender,” Perez mentioned.

Connors was allegedly barreling down the mistaken aspect of the Henry Hudson Parkway in Higher Manhattan round 2:20 a.m. when he crashed his white pick-up right into a automotive carrying Kirk Walker and his cousin, Rob McLaurin, killing each males.

Walker, a 38-year-old dad of three from Manhattan, was poised to marry fiancée Shauntea Weaver, 40, in a lavish ceremony in New Jersey.

“I’m imagined to be in my marriage ceremony costume proper now — not in mourning,” Weaver informed The Put up in a heartbreaking unique interview on what was imagined to be her marriage ceremony day.

“I really feel like it is a TV present and I’m going to get up any minute and return to my actual life.’’

Weaver mentioned the accused killer should be held accountable. 

“He killed two real, good individuals,” she informed The Put up following Friday’s arrest.

“This man frivolously took his life, recklessly took his life and fully ruined my life as a result of that was my husband and I used to be supposed to start out a life with him.” 

“I simply need justice to be served to the fullest extent,” the grieving fiancée added. 

“I simply want some kind of aid and I have to know that this individual goes to pay for the lives he’s taken.”

She additionally mentioned it’s step one in “getting justice for Kirk and Robert.”

“Whereas the detainment of the person who recklessly stole the lives of two of our beloved is one thing we take peace in realizing, perceive that that is solely step one on an extended highway to justice,” she added.

The DA “intends to cost” Connors as an grownup, Perez mentioned, however the legal professional can be “combating” it.

The legal professional additionally charged that the police interviewed a “17-year-old child” with out illustration, mum or dad or guardian and “that sort of crossed the boundaries.”

Perez wouldn’t present a lot background on his consumer besides to say that his “household has come from abroad to assist him instantly.”

He additionally famous that Connors “was Catholic” and “regardless, he and I specific excessive sorrow” over the deaths.