GANG MEMBER SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR SHOOTING THAT WOUNDED FOUR BYSTANDERS

 

Defendant Fired 13 Shots in Pelham Parkway Houses in Broad Daylight; Pleaded Guilty to Attempted Murder

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced that a Bronx man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for Attempted Murder for firing a gun into a crowd of people, injuring four men who were innocent bystanders. 

District Attorney Clark said, “This defendant was 17 years old when he callously fired 13 shots into a crowd of people in broad daylight. He missed his intended targets, and four men were wounded by bullets. They will carry the emotional trauma of their injuries for the rest of their lives. It is a miracle that no one was killed.” 

District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Isaac Garcia, 20, of East 181st Street, the Bronx, was sentenced to seven years in prison and five years post release supervision by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Seth Steed. The People had recommended a sentence of nine years in prison and five years post release supervision. Garcia pleaded guilty to Attempted Murder in the second degree on May 15, 2025. 

According to the investigation, on September 9, 2022, at approximately 4:40 P.M., Garcia, an associate of the “1300” gang, got into a fight down the street from his school, Pelham Preparatory Academy on Astor Avenue. Garcia contacted a gang associate and told him that he needed a gun. After retrieving a 9-mm pistol, Garcia went to the Pelham Parkway Houses and fired 13 shots. Four men in their 20s were struck by bullets: one victim was hit in the leg, two victims were each shot in the buttocks, and the other victim was struck by three bullets in his right leg. The shooting was captured on video surveillance.

District Attorney Clark thanked NYPD Detective Kyle Keiser of the 49th Precinct Detective Squad, NYPD Officer Christopher Multari of the Evidence Collection Team, Jonathan Ortiz of the NYPD’s Tapes and Records Unit and Luis Santiago of NYCHA for their work on the case. 

District Attorney Clark thanked NYPD Detective Jacob Gianelli, and Lieutenant Benjamin Nelson of the Criminal Enterprise Investigation Section for their assistance with the case.