Victims Were Shot in Front of Five Children
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced that a Bronx man was sentenced to 15 years in prison and five-years post-release supervision after pleading guilty to Attempted Murder in the second degree for shooting two people, leaving his ex-girlfriend paralyzed.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant’s ex-girlfriend was at home babysitting five children when a man arrived to pick up his daughter. The defendant went inside and shot both his ex-girlfriend and the man. A 9-year-old girl courageously called police after witnessing the attack.”
District Attorney Clark said Marlon Edwards, 49, was sentenced on February 18, 2025, to 15 years in prison and five years post-release supervision by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Joseph McCormack. The defendant pleaded guilty to Attempted Murder in the second degree on December 18, 2024.
According to the investigation, on July 2, 2021, at approximately 11:00 p.m., at a home near Barnes Avenue and East 223rd Street, the defendant was observing the home of his 49-year-old exgirlfriend. She was babysitting five children ages 1-11 years old, when one of the kid’s parents, a 44-year-old man arrived for pick-up. After seeing the father enter the home, Edwards forced his way inside the apartment, and in a jealous rage, shot the woman in the chest. He also shot the man in the shoulder, who attempted to wrestle away the gun. Police and emergency personnel responded and took both victims to nearby hospitals after a 9-year-old called 9-1-1. The woman suffered life altering injuries including paralysis.
The defendant fled to Florida where he was arrested for another incident, before getting extradited to New York in September 2022.
District Attorney Clark thanked NYPD Detectives Robert Regnier of the 47th Precinct Detective Squad, Felix Arana of the Bronx Warrants Squad, NYPD Police Officers David Canasgaviria and Erick Landaverde of the 47th Precinct, and former NYPD Police Officers Travis Gembecki and Kegham Jarjokian for their work in the investigation.
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