Man Convicted In Killing Of Cuomo Aide At J'Ouvert, DA Says

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A man involved in killing Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s former aide at the J’Ouvert festival in 2015 was convicted of manslaughter Thursday, officials said.

A jury found Kenny Bazille, 34, guilty of manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon but acquitted him of murder, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced.

“This defendant took part in a shooting war amid hundreds of revelers, cutting short the life of Carey Gabay,” Gonzalez said in a statement. “With today’s verdict, he has been held accountable.”

Bazille was arrested in California in 2016, one year after the Harvard-trained attorney and Cuomo aide was caught in a shootout in front of the Ebbets Field Houses in Crown Heights.

He is one five men being held criminal responsible for Gabay’s death and the first to receive a verdict, prosecutors said.

Micah Alleyne, 26, Tyshawn Crawford, 22, Stanley Elianor, 26, and Keith Luncheon, 25, were indicted on murder charges for their role in the shooting in 2017, according to prosecutors.

Bazille faces five to 15 years in prison and is slated to be sentenced on Sept. 12, according to the New York Post.

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