Jury Found Defendant Guilty of Second-Degree Murder
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been
sentenced to 23 years to life in prison for fatally shooting a man in 2015.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant –who did not know the victim– shot and
killed him just because a few words were exchanged. The defendant will now spend many years
behind bars for this senseless violence. ”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Erin Hall, 42, of 1950 Andrews Avenue was
sentenced today to 23 years to life in prison for second-degree Murder and 15 years in prison for
second-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon, to run concurrently, and five years post-release
supervision by Bronx Supreme Court Justice James McCarty. A jury found the defendant
guilty on March 5, 2019.
According to the investigation, on the night of April 15, 2015, at 2260 Washington Avenue,
the victim, Felix de la Cruz Jr., 23, was standing in front of the location with a group of friends
when the defendant approached and exchanged words with him. Hall, who is a member of the
Bloods’ Sex, Money, Murder set, walked away and returned with a gun drawn. After exchanging
words again, Hall fired a shot at de la Cruz and missed. He then moved closer and shot de la Cruz
in the back of his head. The victim died of his wound the following day.
District Attorney Clark also thanked
NYPD Detective Joseph Bermudez of the 48th Precinct, and Detective Daniel Fox of the NYPD
Auto Crime Division.
