Jury Found Defendant Guilty of Second-Degree Murder
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been
sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for fatally shooting a 23-year-old man on a Bronx street
in 2012.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant shot and killed the victim, whom he did
not know. I hope today’s sentence brings some sense of closure to the victim’s family who
lost their loved one seven years ago.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Raheem Simon, 29, of 1001 Kelly Street was
sentenced today to 25 years to life in prison by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Denis Boyle. A
jury found the defendant guilty of second-degree Murder on April 10, 2019.
According to the investigation, in the early morning on February 28, 2012, in front of 928
Intervale Avenue, the defendant shot Jared Jones, 23, causing his death. The victim was standing
on the sidewalk outside of where a party was taking place when the defendant fired three times,
striking Jones twice in the back and once in the head. The victim was pronounced dead at Lincoln
Hospital shortly after the incident. The defendant fled and was arrested on April 14, 2015.
District Attorney Clark thanked
Nancy Borko, Deputy Chief of the Homicide Bureau, and Chief Appellate Attorney Peter
Coddington, and NYPD Detective Anthony Velez of Bronx Homicide Squad.
