Eryc Hairston of Yonkers, New York, was sentenced to 22 years to life after having been found guilty on June 24, 2016 of one count of Murder in the Second Degree, a class “A” Felony, in the shooting death of Kenedy Gonzalez.
On July 8, 2015 at 2:20 a.m. in the vicinity of 120 Waverly Street in Yonkers, Hairston, then 25, brandished a gun and aimed it at Gonzalez. Gonzalez, who was unarmed, turned away—at which point Hairston shot Gonzalez twice in the back, killing him.
The defendant and the victim were not known to each other.
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After an intensive investigation carried out by the Yonkers Police Department, Hairston was arrested on July 27, 2015 in New York City.
Assistant District Attorney Jean Prisco of the Homicide Bureau and Assistant District Attorney Adrian Murphy of the Special Litigation Section prosecuted the case.
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