Two Men Sentenced For Fatal 2015 Harlem Shooting, Prosecutors Say

HARLEM, NY — Two man are facing life in prison for shooting five people, killing one, outside a Harlem restaurant in 2015, the Manhattan District Attorney's office announced Thursday.

Chavarr Gilliam and Carl Moore, both 26, were sentenced Thursday to 25 years to life in state prison, prosecutors said. Both men were convicted for murder, attempted murder, assault and criminal weapons possession in October, prosecutors said.

On Feb. 1, 2015, Gilliam and Moore approached a group of five people who were eating outside of a Harlem take-out restaurant and opened fire, prosecutors said. Both men fired off at least 10 shots before fleeing the scene, prosecutors said.

Shadale Graham, 28, was killed during the shooting and the four people he was with all suffered gunshot wounds, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's office.

Gilliam and Moore had stalked Graham for hours the night they killed him, prosecutors said. The two gunmen waited outside of a bar on Broadway and West 137th Street where Graham was watching the Super Bowl. Graham and his two friends left the bar when the football game ended and were followed to the take-out restaurant by the shooters, prosecutors said.

"On Super Bowl night in 2015, two men callously shot five people gathered outside a restaurant in Harlem," District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said. "They fired at least ten times, fatally wounding 28-year-old Shadale Graham, whose young son is now forced to spend a third holiday season without his father. Gun violence ends lives and destroys communities. I thank the members of the jury for ensuring these men were held accountable for this senseless act of violence."

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