NY Man Sentenced in Drive-By Shooting that Killed Meriden's Tashawn Bromfield

Meriden, CT - Bronx, NY resident Reginald Goldman, 23, was sentenced to 25 years in prison in connection with the shooting death of 16-year-old Meriden resident Tashawn Bromfield in 2010, announced Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark. 

Bromfield was in the Bronx visiting his father in August, 2010, when he was shot by Goldman, a member of the Young Gunnerz gang, from a passing car. Bromfield, an innocent bystander, had been socializing in the courtyard of a building in the Williamsbridge section.

“Tashawn Bromfield was an innocent victim of the pervasive gang and gun culture that has devastated neighborhoods and families in the Bronx," said Clark in a statement. "This verdict sends a message that we will not tolerate violence as a way of life.”

Goldman was convicted by a jury in May of 1st Degree Manslaughter. His sentence is to run concurrently with a separate six-year sentence on unrelated charges.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Lisa Davis of the Gangs/Major Case Bureau, and Jordan Hummel of the Appeals Bureau.