Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark announced Tuesday, May 12, that a Bronx man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after being found guilty of attempted murder and assault for shooting two women, seriously injuring one of them in May 2023, as reported.

 

“This defendant opened fire on a crowded Bronx sidewalk in the middle of the afternoon,” Clark said. “His intended target was hit twice, suffering grievous injuries. Another victim was hit in the leg. With this lengthy prison sentence justice has been served. I hope this sentence will give the two victims and their families peace of mind.”

 

Clark said the defendant, Carlos Rivera, 66, of East 178th Street in The Bronx was sentenced on May 11 to 15 years in prison and five years post release supervision by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Verena Powell. She said Rivera was convicted by a jury of attempted murder in the first-degree, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon on March 6.

 

According to the facts brought out at trial, at around 1:48 p.m. on May 3, 2023, the defendant and Erica DiSalvio got into an argument inside the TD Bank located at 148 East Fordham Road.

The court heard that Rivera exited the bank and waited for DiSalvio and when she exited the bank, Rivera pointed a firearm at her and fired two shots, striking her twice. Prosecutors said the bullets hit her in the pelvic area, right chest, and right arm, and that a bystander who was on the street, was hit in the leg. They said both women were taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, with DiSalvio suffering serious injuries which required reconstructive surgery. They said to this day, she experiences pain in her arm and leg.

 

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Jenesha Tai of Trial Bureau 30 and Assistant District Attorney Daiquan Fraiser, under the supervision of Justin Daly, deputy chief of Trial Bureau 30, Julie Deleon, chief of Trial Bureau 30, and under the overall supervision of James Brennan, deputy chief of the Trial Division and Theresa Gottlieb, chief of the Trial Division.

 

Clark thanked Trial Preparation Assistants Myn-Nyema Caldwell, Robbie Ramirez and Iyandiel Caceres of Trial Bureau 30 for their assistance with the case.

She also thanked NYPD Officer Johnmicheal Medina of the 46th Precinct, NYPD Detective Joseph Uvenio of the crime scene unit and NYPD Sgt. Katherine Torres of the 43rd detective squad for their work on the investigation.

Read more on the incident here.