Robert Williams pleaded guilty to attempted murder charges after shooting up a police precinct and injuring several cops in February 2020.
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More than three years after opening fire on a Bronx precinct and injuring two cops during a 12-hour rampage, 49-year-old Robert Williams pleaded guilty to attempted murder charges.
Williams, a Soundview resident, made his plea in Bronx Criminal Court on Aug. 31, in connection with two separate shooting incidents involving police in early 2020. He pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder in the first degree, therefore waving his right to a trial.
Each count carries a 23 years-to-life sentence — in which both counts would run concurrent, according to the Bronx District Attorney’s office.
According to police, Williams, who lived at 1135 Evergreen Ave., walked up to a marked NYPD van, located at 906 Simpson St., at about 8:30 p.m. on the night of Feb. 8, 2020.
After briefly engaging in a conversation with the two police officers, Paul Stroffolino and Brian Hanlon, both of whom who were inside the van, Williams took out a gun and fired at each of them — striking Stroffolino in the face.
The officers managed to drive away, but Stroffolino sustained injuries to his chin. He was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he was treated and later released.
Williams fled the scene, but at approximately 7:45 a.m. the next morning, he entered the main area of the 41st Precinct station house at 1035 Longwood Ave. and fired multiple shots at five NYPD officers, along with one lieutenant and one sergeant — with one of the bullets striking Lt. Jose Gatreaux in his right arm. Gatreaux was also taken to Lincoln Hospital and released following treatment, according to police.
Williams then entered a side room in the precinct and shot at another police officer and a city employee who worked at the precinct.
Williams ran out of bullets and began to walk toward the exit of the 41st…
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