Defendant Pleaded Guilty to First-Degree Manslaughter
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been
sentenced to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting a man on a Williamsbridge street after lying
in wait for him.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant, who knew the victim, hid behind a car, waited
for the victim to get closer, then ran up and shot him three times. The senseless gun violence left
a 22-year-old man dead.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Travis Proctor, 28, of 732 East 217 Street, was
sentenced today to 25 years in prison and five years’ post-release supervision by Bronx Supreme
Court Justice Ethan Greenberg. The defendant pleaded guilty to first-degree Manslaughter on
February 20, 2020.
According to the investigation, the victim, Zhala Davenport, 22, was walking near 729 East
213 Street at approximately 6:30 a.m. on July 5, 2017. The defendant, who had had an earlier
dispute with the victim, was in the area and hid behind a vehicle. When Davenport got closer,
Proctor rushed up to him and shot him multiple times. The victim sustained injuries to his torso
and hand. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The entire incident was captured on surveillance video.
District Attorney Clark thanked Detective Mark Moccia of
the 47th Precinct and Detective Robert Klein of the Bronx Homicide Squad for their assistance in
the investigation.
