BRONX MAN INDICTED IN TWO SHOOTINGS

 

Defendant Fired 17 Bullets on Busy Street, Shot into Apartment Building

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced that a Bronx man has been indicted on Attempted Murder, Attempted Manslaughter and other charges for two separate shootings in which he fired numerous shots and put lives in danger. 

District Attorney Clark said, “This defendant shot across a busy intersection, sending people running for cover, and on another occasion he fired through the front door of an apartment building. Fortunately, no one was physically harmed, but gunfire traumatizes residents, and such brazen disregard for public safety will not be tolerated.” 

District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Christopher Gonzalez, 37, of Belmont Avenue, the Bronx, was indicted today on Attempted Murder in the second-degree, Attempted Assault in the first-degree, Attempted Manslaughter in the first-degree, first-degree Reckless Endangerment, three counts of second-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon and three counts of Criminal Possession of a Firearm by Bronx Supreme Court Justice George Villegas. Bail was set at $300,000 cash, $1,000,000 bond. He is due back in court on November 19, 2025. 

According to the investigation, on April 7, 2025, at approximately 4:30 a.m., the defendant is seen on video surveillance approaching 726 East 181st Street in the Tremont section and stopping a few feet from the entrance where he allegedly opens fire with a 9-mm pistol. Four bullets tore through the interior walls. 

On June 7, 2025, at approximately 8:00 p.m., the defendant is seen on video at the intersection of East 180th Street and Crotona Avenue in the Crotona section, engaged in an argument with an unidentified man, and as the man walks away, the defendant allegedly points a 9-mm pistol in his direction and fires multiple shots. The unidentified male returned fire. 

Families walking with children as well as people sitting on their front stoops can be seen running for cover. In total, 17 shell casings were recovered from the scene by NYPD. 

The defendant was arrested on June 8, 2025, in possession of a loaded pistol. Ballistics testing confirmed that it was the same weapon used in the June 7 shooting.

District Attorney Clark thanked NYPD Detectives Mark Ricketts and Pedro Silverio from the 48th Precinct Detective Squad for their work on the investigation.

An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.