BRONX MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FATALLY SHOOTING TWO MEN TO AVENGE HIS BROTHER’S KILLING

 

Defendant Pleaded Guilty to Manslaughter; Shooting Happened Hours After His Brother Was Shot Walking Down Street with Daughter

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced that a Bronx man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting two men and for wounding another inside a building hallway in Claremont, in retaliation for the killing of his brother. 

District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant killed two men and wounded another a few hours after his brother had been fatally shot while walking down the street with his 6-year-old daughter. This occurred in the summer of 2020, when the Bronx experienced a barrage of gunfire, much of it retaliatory. Revenge is not the answer. Justice must be attained the right way. Only then can our community be safe. This man lost his brother and now he will spend many years in prison.” 

District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Kalvin Robinson, 32, of 305 East 153rd Street, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree Manslaughter and second-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon on November 30, 2023. He was sentenced today before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Margaret Clancy to 25 years in prison and five years post-release supervision on each of the Manslaughter counts, to run concurrently to each other, and 15 years in prison and five years post release supervision on the weapon charge, to run concurrently with the Manslaughter sentence. A co-defendant, Nasir Greene, also pleaded to the charges and awaits sentencing. 

According to the investigation, at 8:00 p.m. on July 5, 2020, inside 306 East 171st Street, the defendants fired multiple shots at Eghosa Imafidon, 26, Joel Baba, 22, and Mohammed Baba, 29. Imafidon was struck multiple times in the neck, head and arm, and Joel Baba was struck multiple times in the torso, arm, and leg. Both died. Mohammed Baba was shot in the arm.                      

District Attorney Clark thanked NYPD Detective Mark Konecni, formerly of the 44th Precinct, NYPD Detective Dominic Robinson of the Bronx Homicide Squad and NYPD Detective Vincent Figueroa of the 44th Precinct for their work in the case.