A 22-year-old Queens man was sentenced to almost twenty years behind bars in connection to a botched shootout that left an unintended goal of a shootout lifeless in 2020, the native district legal professional’s workplace mentioned.
Queens District Legal professional Melinda Katz introduced Friday that Nazieer Basir was sentenced to 17 years in jail adopted by 5 years of post-release supervision for the lethal capturing of a 22-year-old man in Ozone Park. Basir pleaded responsible to manslaughter within the first diploma final month.
In response to the fees, simply earlier than 10 p.m. on Dec.7, 2020, Basir and three others, together with the sufferer, Royhessny Sintjago, tried to assault a bunch of rivals sitting in a parked automotive close to the intersection of 90th Avenue and Liberty Avenue.
Finally, in response to the fees, the automotive pulled away and Sintjago chased it on foot. Basir fired two pictures on the automotive — one which in the end struck Sintjago within the head, killing him.
“We is not going to tolerate shoot-outs on the streets of Queens County. Individuals will probably be held accountable for their actions. The sentence meted out as we speak by the court docket appropriately punishes the defendant for his conduct and I’m grateful for all concerned within the prosecution of this case,” Katz mentioned following the sentencing.