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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

BRONX MAN TO GET 15 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR FATALLY SHOOTING MAN FOLLOWING FIGHT


Defendant Pleaded Guilty To Murder

  Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has pleaded guilty to second-degree Murder for fatally shooting a man he was fighting with and will be sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. 

  District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant escalated a senseless brawl, causing the death of a man who lingered in pain from his injuries for over a month. We hope this sentence serves as a reminder that we will not tolerate gun violence and will continue to work to make our community safer.” 

 District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Frank Ellis, 50, pleaded guilty today to second-degree Murder before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Alvin Yearwood and will be sentenced to 15 years to life in prison on March 28, 2018. 

 According to the investigation, on November 7, 2014, inside a store at 2019 Vyse Ave., the defendant was involved in an argument with Candido Lopez, 52. The defendant punched Lopez, left the store and returned a short time later with a firearm. Ellis fired two shots, striking Lopez, and fled. Lopez died of his injuries five weeks later on December 9, 2014. Ellis, who is a mandatory persistent felon, was arrested on April 17, 2015.

 District Attorney Clark thanked Detectives Lincoln Archambeau of the 48th Precinct and Sean O’Leary of the Bronx Homicide Squad, as well as Assistant District Attorney Tala Nazareno of Trial Bureau 20 for their assistance in the case.