Defendant Charged with Attempted Murder
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been indicted for shooting at a man multiple times, wounding him, inside the emergency room waiting area of NYC Health + Hospitals Jacobi.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant allegedly opened fire near patients including a mother and her baby, as well as emergency healthcare professionals, who ran for their lives. We are thankful that the shooter was swiftly apprehended, due to hospital cameras capturing the attack.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Keber Martinez, 25, of 1241 Beach Avenue was arraigned June 1, 2022 on Attempted Murder in the second degree, two counts of first-degree Assault, two counts of second-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon, two counts of seconddegree Assault, first-degree Reckless Endangerment, Criminal Possession of a Firearm, thirddegree Assault, second-degree Menacing, second-degree Reckless Endangerment, two counts of fourth-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon, and Possession of Ammunition before Bronx Supreme Court Justice George Villegas. He was remanded and is due back August 24, 2022.
According to the investigation, on January 25, 2022, the defendant was inside the hospital emergency room and allegedly shot at the victim four times, striking him once in the left arm. Patients, including a woman who was holding her baby, ran for their lives to escape the gunfire. Martinez allegedly fled the hospital after the shooting and was arrested in Harlem. The attack was captured on hospital surveillance video, and the alleged shooter also identified himself to healthcare workers before the attack
District Attorney Clark also thanked NYPD Detective Robinson Martinez of the 49th Precinct and Detectives from Bronx Homicide, as well as NYPD Officers and Detectives from throughout the Bronx who responded to the scene.
An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.
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