Bronx Man Gets 23 Years for Fatal Nightclub Shooting

A man was sentenced to 23 years in prison after he shot another man in the head in a Garden City nightclub in 2014.

Tyshaun Phillips, 23, from the Bronx, pleaded guilty on June 6 before Supreme Court Judge William Donnino to charges of manslaughter in the first degree and assault in the first degree .

“This defendant terrorized a packed nightclub and killed an innocent young man when he wildly shot into the crowd after a fight,” said District Attorney Madeline Singas. “Emmanuel Barnett was a promising electrical engineering student at Queensborough Community College when his life was tragically cut short by Phillips, and I hope that this sentence will bring a measure of comfort to his family.”

On March 16, 2014 at about 3:30 a.m., Phillips was part of a crowd thrown out of Mint Nightclub, located at 1 Ring Road West in Garden City, after a large fight broke out. Phillips then came back into the vestibule area of the club armed with a .40 caliber handgun and shot the weapon several times into a crowded area, striking two people. Phillips was later identified by witnesses who were present at the shooting.

Emmanuel Barnett, 21, was shot in the head and died at Winthrop-University Hospital on March 21, after being on life support. The second victim was shot in the leg and survived.

Phillips was on parole for a 2011 felony drug conviction in Queens County and was arrested at a parole office in the Bronx by Nassau County Police homicide detectives on March 26, 2014 for the crime.

Photo: District Attorney's Office.