A Brooklyn man on Friday was sentenced to prison for the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old boy who was lured to East New York, ambushed and shot from behind by the defendant as he tried to escape.
Ricardo Dash, 25, of Bedford-Stuyvesant, was sentenced to 22 years to life in prison. The defendant was convicted of second-degree murder on December 10, 2025, following a jury trial, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.
According to trial testimony, on the evening of May 10, 2021, the victim, Shaheem Bascom, 18, was engaged in Facebook Messenger text conversations with a 16-year-old girl he knew, who lured him to meet her at a location in East New York, in the vicinity of 965 Hegeman Ave. The 16-year-old and the defendant, along with some co-defendants, members of the 8 Trey Crips gang, then headed to that location, with a plan to beat up and rob the victim, who was affiliated with the rival Folk Nation gang, prosecutors said.
Once they got to Hegeman Avenue, the group split up. The 16-year-old and a woman, Sarina Davis, now 29, walked toward the meeting place address, while the defendant and a co-defendant, Deshawn Holder, now 25, and another individual walked across the street from them in the same direction, Gonzalez said.
After the 16-year-old and Davis began walking with the victim, the defendant and the others began following as they walked on Hegeman Avenue. When they crossed Essex Street, Holder punched the victim, who then ran. The defendant, according to the evidence, chased the victim, pointed his gun, and shot multiple times, striking him in his back. The victim later died of his injuries, according to prosecutors.
Following the murder, the defendant made multiple Facebook posts mocking the murder. He fled Brooklyn and was arrested by the NYPD and U.S. Marshals in Henry County, Ga. in December 2021, after seven months on the lam.
Deshawn Holder pleaded guilty to second-degree gang assault and was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison and five years of post-release supervision. Sarina Davis pleaded guilty in July 2025 to second-degree attempted gang assault and was sentenced to six months in jail and five years of post-release supervision. The 16-year-old’s case was transferred to Family Court. Another suspect remains unapprehended, according to prosecutors.
"Shaheem Bascom was lured into a deadly trap and shot in the back while trying to escape in a cowardly act of senseless violence," Gonzalez said in a statement. "This lengthy prison term ensures a dangerous individual is off our streets, and our hearts remain with Shaheem’s family and loved ones.”
