Gunman Found Guilty of Murder and Criminal Possession of a Weapon;
Co-Defendant Found Guilty of Manslaughter
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that two Bronx men have been
sentenced to prison for the fatal 2016 shooting of a 29-year-old man inside a beauty salon in the
West Farms section of the Bronx over a dispute about money.
District Attorney Clark said, “The victim was shot six times inside a busy beauty salon, in
front of multiple patrons. Both defendants will serve many years in prison for their actions.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendants, Jairo Castillo, 33, of 1010 East 178th Street, and
Gustavo Guillen, 35, of 788 East 182nd Street, were sentenced today by Bronx Supreme Court
Justice April Newbauer. Castillo was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for second-degree
Murder and eight years in prison and five years’ post-release supervision for second-degree
Criminal Possession of a Weapon, sentences to run concurrently. Guillen was sentenced to 11
years in prison and five years’ post-release supervision for first-degree Manslaughter. Both
defendants were convicted by a jury on June 20, 2019.
According to the investigation, on August 2, 2016, the victim, Julio Lebron, went to
Guillen’s beauty salon, Believe, located at 1941 Southern Boulevard. Lebron and Guillen argued
about money owed to Lebron and Lebron demanded that Guillen pay him. The victim left after
the confrontation but returned hours later. Guillen called Castillo to his salon. At about 5:40 P.M.,
while the victim was waiting outside the salon, Castillo showed up. Castillo and Lebron engaged
in an argument inside the salon, at which point Castillo shot the victim six times, including three
times in the back. He was pronounced dead at St. Barnabas Hospital. The defendants fled; Guillen
was arrested on August 25, 2016 in New Jersey and Castillo was apprehended in Maryland on
March 3, 2017.
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