Gang Member Sentenced To 17 Years For Bridgeport Courthouse Shooting

BRIDGEPORT, CT — A Bridgeport gang member was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges in connection with a mid-day shooting outside a courthouse in early 2020, according to authorities.

Marquis Isreal, 25, was sentenced Friday to 210 months behind bars and three years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney of the District of Connecticut.

Isreal, who was a member of the Original North End gang in Trumbull Gardens, was part of a group that tried to kill people associated with the East End gang in the Jan. 27, 2020, shooting in front of a Bridgeport courthouse, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney. Police responded just after noon to the shooting outside the state courthouse at 172 Golden Hill St., where investigators discovered four victims who had been shot while inside a black Chevrolet Impala and 23 bullet holes in the driver’s side and windshield area of the vehicle, the news release said.

One victim was shot in the chest and paralyzed, while a second victim suffered wounds to his back, shoulder and wrist, according to the news release, which added Israel had in September 2019 been shot and seriously injured in an East End restaurant by one of his victims.

Israel pleaded guilty last year to one count of attempted murder and aiding and abetting, and one count of conspiracy to commit murder, the news release said.