Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been
sentenced to 16 years in prison for fatally shooting the mother of his child in their apartment in
2016.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant heartlessly shot and killed the mother of
his child and fled the apartment, leaving their infant daughter alone. I hope today’s sentence
brings some peace to the victim’s family.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Sheldon Salman, 37, of 3914 White Plains Road,
was sentenced today to 16 years in prison and 5 years post-release supervision by Bronx
Supreme Court Justice Fernando Camacho. The defendant pleaded guilty to first-degree
Manslaughter on January 22, 2019.
According to the investigation, in the early morning of June 15, 2016, inside 3914 White
Plains Road, the defendant shot Sarisse Respass, 32, once in the mouth, causing her death. The
defendant shot her because he believed she was pregnant and that she was going to move out of
the apartment.
After the shooting, police were called and they found the baby inside the apartment, while
the deceased victim was in her bedroom with blood coming out of her mouth. The defendant was
arrested later that day.
District Attorney Clark thanked Detective Ernest Drovil of Bronx Homicide
and Detective Robert Konner of the 47th Precinct.
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