"Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said 48-year-old Waajid Pierce was sentenced to 22 years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision for the fatal shooting of Daishawn Benjamin. Pierce previously pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter on February 27. The deadly shooting happened on October 27, 2021, around 8:30 a.m. near the corner of Belmont Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard in Brownsville."
"Investigators said Pierce approached a group of three men standing outside a bodega before pulling out a handgun and firing three shots at Benjamin. The victim was struck in the torso, arm and hand. Authorities said Pierce fled the scene in an Infiniti G35 sedan immediately after the shooting. Benjamin later died from his injuries."
"Prosecutors said surveillance footage and additional evidence helped investigators identify Pierce as the gunman. Pierce was arrested on March 2, 2022, after returning to New York on a flight from Tampa, Florida to MacArthur Airport on Long Island. District Attorney Gonzalez noted the devastating impact the killing had on the victim's family."
"Benjamin's brother, Kizer Williams, had also been killed in a separate shooting just three weeks earlier only blocks away from where Benjamin was fatally shot. That homicide remains unsolved. "No sentence can undo that unimaginable pain, but today's prison term holds this defendant accountable for so callously taking a life," Gonzalez said in a statement."
A 48-year-old man was sentenced to 22 years in prison plus five years of post-release supervision for a fatal shooting outside a Brownsville bodega. The shooting occurred on October 27, 2021, around 8:30 a.m. near Belmont Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard. Prosecutors said the man approached three men standing outside the store, pulled out a handgun, and fired three shots at Daishawn Benjamin. Benjamin was hit in the torso, arm, and hand, and later died from his injuries. The shooter fled in an Infiniti G35 sedan. Surveillance footage and other evidence led to identification, and he was arrested after returning to New York from Florida. The victim’s brother had been killed in a separate shooting three weeks earlier nearby, and that case remains unsolved.
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