Defendant Fired on Officers Responding to 911 Call of Man With a Gun
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for Criminal Possession of a Weapon for his role in a shootout that left two NYPD officers and the defendant injured.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant was approached by police officers who were responding to a 911 call. He pulled out a gun leading to a shootout which injured both officers. These officers risked their lives to get another gun off our streets and I commend them for making the Bronx a safer place.”
District Attorney Clark said Charlie Vasquez, 24, of Featherbed Lane, was sentenced today to 13 years in prison by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Joseph McCormack. Vasquez pleaded guilty to second-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon on September 18, 2023, before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Albert Lorenzo.
According to the investigation, on November 24, 2021, at approximately 8:06 p.m., uniformed NYPD Police Officers Robert Holmes and Alejandra Jacobs of the 48th Precinct, responded to a 911 call about a man with a gun at 2405 Beaumont Avenue. When they got to the location, they approached Vasquez, who was sitting on the stoop. The defendant took out a pistol and fired, leading to an exchange of gunfire in which Officer Jacobs was shot in the arm; Officer Holmes was shot in the chest, and the defendant was also shot.
District Attorney Clark also thanked NYPD Captain Eileen Downing, Lieutenant Anthony Corrado, Sergeant Bruno Pomponio, Detective Nathaniel Jeffers and Detective Jonathan Bradlin, all of the Force Investigations Division, as well as Detective Matthew Janisch of the NYPD Crime Scene Unit, for their assistance.
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