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Arrest in AK-47 killing of Queens teen

Authorities have arrested two men for the shooting death of a Far Rockaway teen this weekend.

Dashawn Deverow, 21, of Rockaway Park and Jamane Yarbroughm, 16, of Arverne, have been charged with the murder of 17-year-old Xavier Granville, said police. Deverow was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon.

On Saturday December 29, at about 12:30 a.m., the killers, wearing masks and carrying an AK-47 assault rifle and a .45-caliber pistol, shot Granville after a late night party in Far Rockaway as he was heading home, the Daily News reported.

According to police, authorities found Granville in front of 249 Beach 15th Street with a gunshot wound to the head, and pronounced him dead at the scene.