22 YEARS TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR MANHATTAN MAN CONVICTED
OF MURDER IN SHOOTING DEATH OF 20-YEAR-OLD YOUTH AT THE
WHITESTONE MULTIPLEX CINEMAS IN THE SUMMER OF 1989
Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced today that 39-year-old Ricardo Jimenez was sentenced to a term of 22 years to life imprisonment for the fatal shooting of a movie patron at the Whitestone Multiplex Cinemas in July of 1989.
Ricardo Jimenez, 39, was found guilty last month of Murder in the 2nd degree in the death of Sean Worrell, a 20-year-old man from Brooklyn who was at the Whitestone Multiplex Cinemas with friends to see the Summer blockbuster hit Batman. The shooting occurred at 2505 Bruckner Boulevard on July 3, 1989, when Jimenez and Worrell got into an argument while standing in line at the concession stand. The two argued over the last bag of popcorn and who had arrived at the line first. Jimenez went outside to retrieve a gun from his parked car. He then went into the darkened and crowded theater searching for Worrell. As the opening credits appeared on the screen, the defendant spotted Worrell and called out “hey, you’re the guy with the popcorn!” When Worrell turned around and stood up, Jimenez opened fire.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Lisa Mattaway.
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