BRONX MAN IS SENTENCED TO TWENTY-TWO YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF AN ALLEGED RIVAL DRUG DEALER

Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced today that a 28 year-old Bronx man has been sentenced to twenty-two years imprisonment for the attempted murder of a 23 year-old alleged rival drug dealer.

A jury found Alex Gomez, of 204 West 179th Street, the Bronx, guilty on October 18, 2004, of Attempted Murder in the 2nd degree and Criminal possession of a weapon in the 2nd degree, for his role in the December 2003 shooting of Fitzgerald Donaldson. State Supreme Court Justice Phylis Skloot Bamberger sentenced Gomez to a determinate term of twenty-two years imprisonment.

The incident occurred on December 16, 2003, when Gomez approached Donaldson as he stood on the corner of East 183rd Street and Loring Place, and shot him as many as ten times. Gomez and Donaldson were involved in an ongoing turf dispute. Gomez fled the scene and was apprehended two days later. Donaldson survived the shooting, but is paralyzed from the chest down.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Lawrence D. Piergrossi of the Trial Bureau.