Bronx DA: Two Bronx Men Indicted For Firing Shots On A Crowded Street; One Defendant Charged For Wounding 7-Year-Old Boy

TWO BRONX MEN INDICTED FOR FIRING SHOTS ON A CROWDED STREET;

ONE DEFENDANT CHARGED FOR WOUNDING 7-YEAR-OLD BOY

Shooting Happened in Broad Daylight in Mott Haven

          Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that two Bronx men have been indicted for firing shots in a crowded area in broad daylight—an incident that left a seven-year-old boy injured.

        District Attorney Clark said, “The defendants’ alleged actions left an innocent child wounded and endangered the lives of people who were outside in the busy Mott Haven area on that afternoon. The gunfire in our neighborhoods must stop.”

         District Attorney Clark said one of the defendants, Keyshawn Williams, 21, of 600 East 137^thStreet, was arraigned today on Attempted Assault in the first degree, two counts of second-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon, two counts of second-degree Criminal Use of a Firearm, first-degree Reckless Endangerment, Criminal Possession of a Firearm, two counts of Attempted Assault in the second degree and two counts of fourth-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon before Bronx Supreme Court Justice George Villegas.

Manuel Colon, 31, of 637 East 138 Street, was arraigned on July 15, 2019 on first-degree Assault, two counts of second-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon, two counts of second-degree Criminal Use of a Firearm, first-degree Reckless Endangerment, two counts of second-degree Assault, Criminal Possession of a Firearm and two counts of fourth-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon before Bronx Supreme Court Justice George Villegas.

Bail was set for $25,000 cash/$50,000 bond for both defendants. Colon is due back in court on October 8, 2019 and Williams is due back on October 24, 2019.

According to the investigation, on the afternoon of June 5, 2019 in front of 600 East 137^th Street, Colon allegedly fired multiple shots at Williams, whose 7-year-old cousin and the boy’s grandmother were walking nearby.  One of the bullets fragmented and struck the boy. Williams then allegedly pursued Colon and the man he was with, and fired multiple rounds at them outside the Mill Brook Houses, endangering passersby. The child was taken to Lincoln Hospital where he was treated for injuries to his leg and hand.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Adam Kane and Katerina Kurteva, both of Trial Bureau 70, under the supervision of Jeffrey Glucksman, Chief of Trial Bureau 70, and under the overall supervision of James Brennan, Deputy Chief of the Trial Division, and Theresa Gottlieb, Chief of the Trial Division. District Attorney Clark thanked NYPD Detective Fabio Checo of the 40^th Precinct.

An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.