Power Actor Isaiah Stokes Arrested For Murder, Shot Rival 11 Times

Law & Order’ Actor Isaiah Stokes Charged With Murder, Faces 25 Years to Life in Prison

Actor Isaiah Stokes, who starred on the popular STARZ TV series Power, has been indicted for murder in the fatal shooting of a Queens, New York man in February, the Queens District Attorney announced on Friday.

Isaiah appeared on episodes of Power, and played the character Mozzay. He also appeared on The Americans, and Law & Order: SVU, among other series, and is also a hip hop artist who goes by the name – I$AIAH.

According to the indictment, Isaiah allegedly killed 37-year-old Tyrone Jones on Feb. 7 in Jamaica, Queens. Authorities say that they have surveillance footage that allegedly showed Isaiah approaching Jones’ parked car before firing 11 gunshots into the car. Jones later died of his injuries.

“The defendant is accused of unloading nearly eleven shots during this brazen afternoon shooting,” D.A. Melinda Katz said in a statement.

“Gun violence is all too prevalent in our neighborhoods. We will not allow it to become the norm.”

If convicted, Isaiah faces 25 years-to-life in prison. A grand jury charged him with murder in the second degree and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.