Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Friday, Feb. 2, that a Bronx man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for shooting a woman who was working at a City Island construction site, after finding out she had a boyfriend.
In the context of the announcement, Clark said, “The defendant shot the victim, Lizbeth Mass, 3 times in the middle of her shift, in a fit of jealousy. Lizbeth was indulged through her network and was senselessly murdered. After a 15-day trial, the jury reached a guilty verdict and the defendant will now spend decades in prison for the death of a running mother.
Clark said the defendant, Jose Reyes, 69, of the South Bronx, was sentenced to 25 years in prison and life in prison for delinquency by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Margaret Clancy for second-degree murder. She said he was also sentenced to 15 years for felon and five years of post-release supervision for possession of a weapon by a second-degree felon, which she said would run concurrently, adding that Reyes was found guilty of the fees following a jury trial.
According to the investigation, on the afternoon of April 14, 2021, Reyes went to the site of the structure at 636 City Island Avenue where Mass, 52, worked. Reyes, who knew Mass, was furious when he saw his boyfriend at the site and learned that she was dating him.
The court heard that Reyes had left the scene and returned by bicycle. The victim’s boyfriend saw Reyes on his motorcycle and was worried he would do something to Mass. Driving his car, the boyfriend followed Reyes and saw him shoot Mass. The court heard that he had been shot a total of 3 times, once in the back, leg and hip with a revolver that he recovered from the house of Reyes’ boss.
The boyfriend ran over Reyes with his vehicle and, along with other people, held him down until police arrived. The mass was taken to Jacobi Medical Center in Morris Park, where it was pronounced dead about an hour after the shooting.
The case was prosecuted through Assistant Prosecutor Burim Namani, Attorney of the Homicide Bureau, and Assistant Prosecutor Adam Thomas of the 30th Trial Bureau, under the supervision of Christine Scaccia, Chief of the Homicide Bureau, and under the overall supervision of James Brennan, Deputy Chief of the Trial Division, and Theresa Gottlieb, Chief of the Trial Division.
Clark thanked pretrial attendees Jonathan Campa Pantaleon, Jazmin Pagoada, Omalia Bush, Jonathan Romero, Mateo Urrego and Yoisy Jimenez, all of the Homicide Bureau.
He also thanked NYPD Detective Francis Orlando, a former member of the Bronx Homicide Squad, and NYPD Detective Kristopher Persaud of the 45th Precinct for their involvement in the investigation.
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