Prison Time In Nyack Shooting Of Visitor From Chicago

NYACK, NY — Collyer Goodman of Valley Cottage was sentenced to 1-5 years in prison for what was initially considered a horrible accident, the shooting death of a man visiting Nyack.

On Aug. 23, 2020, Goodman was in the rear right passenger seat of a car in the parking lot of Nyack Plaza and Darien Brydie was in front. Collyer pulled the trigger on his loaded gun and the bullet traveled through the seat hitting the Chicagoan, who was transported to Nyack hospital by his friends, but died minutes later, prosecutors said.

Goodman was 18, Brydie was 21.

Goodman turned himself in the next day. He was initially charged with second-degree manslaughter and first-degree reckless endangerment, felonies, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor.

He pleaded guilty in October to second-degree manslaughter and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

The Rockland County District Attorney’s Office recommended the Court sentence Goodman to the maximum allowable sentence for both charges. He was sentenced Feb. 14 to 1-3 years incarceration on the Manslaughter in the Second Degree charge, to run concurrent to a term of 5 years incarceration of the Criminal Possession of a Weapon charge.

“I commend the professionalism and dedication by the detectives of the Orangetown Police Department on this investigation. On August 23, 2020, a young man’s life was tragically ended by a senseless act of gun violence," said Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II. "My deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Darien Byrdie, their lives will never be the same."