Police officers find the shell casing of a 9mm bullet after a shooting in the Crotona Park East section of the Bronx on Friday, June 16, 2023.
Photo courtesy U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York
A Bronx man has been charged this week for allegedly shooting at NYPD officers near the intersection of 174th Street and Vyse Avenue in Crotona Park East during an incident last Friday.
Anthony Gomez, 33, was charged with possession of ammunition after a felony conviction and escape from custody, which carry maximum sentences of 15 years and five years in prison, respectively. The NYPD also told the Bronx Times that the agency booked him on five counts of attempted murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
According to the announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York, Gomez allegedly fired a 9mm at NYPD officers on June 16 after fleeing from a federal halfway house where he was finishing out his sentence for armed robbery. Halfway houses provide a structured, supervised environment for inmates who are nearing release and will soon re-enter into society after incarceration.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in the announcement that Gomez posed a real threat to the community’s safety.
“ … The defendant allegedly committed this shooting in the bright light of a summer Friday night while numerous New Yorkers, including young children and families, were on the sidewalk and had to duck and run for safe cover,” Williams said. “Anyone who brings gun violence to our community and targets law enforcement officers who work hard every day to keep New Yorkers safe will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”
According to the investigation, Gomez was on approved leave from the halfway house he was staying in when he allegedly attempted to hide a gun in the wheel well of a car parked on the street in the Bronx. Officers saw him, so Gomez reportedly…
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