DOWNTOWN — Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced that a Brooklyn man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting another man following an argument at a deli in Brownsville. The defendant was convicted of attempted murder following a jury trial.
“Brooklyn is safer with this defendant behind bars,” Gonzalez said. “His brazen violence in broad daylight could have easily cost an innocent life, and [this] sentence ensures he can no longer endanger our community. I am grateful to our prosecutors and the NYPD for their outstanding work on this case.”
The District Attorney identified the defendant as Orando Matthan, 25, of Brownsville, Brooklyn. He was sentenced by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Margaret Martin to 10 years in prison. The defendant was convicted of second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon on June 25, 2025, following a jury trial.
Two co-defendants, Jeovanie Nelson and Alex Davis, previously pleaded guilty in connection with this case. Nelson, 25, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon on May 7, 2025, and was sentenced to five years in prison. Davis, 24, pleaded guilty to second-degree hindering prosecution on Jan. 8, 2025, and is awaiting sentencing.
The District Attorney said that, according to the evidence, on June 3, 2023, the defendant and his co-defendant, Jeovanie Nelson, got into an argument with the victim, a 25-year-old man, at a deli located at 1167 Lenox Road in Brownsville. The defendant shoved the victim before leaving the deli with Nelson.
The pair walked to the defendant’s home, and the defendant went inside, got a loaded gun, showed it to Nelson and put it into his hoodie pocket, according to the evidence. They then walked back to the deli and got into another argument with the victim. The defendant walked to the back of the deli and reached into his pocket, but by the time he returned to the front of the deli, the victim had already left.
Then, at approximately 1:46 p.m., the defendant located the victim in front of a store at 332 East 98th Street, in Brownsville. The defendant began firing shots at the victim, who ran into the store. The defendant chased the victim and fired from the store doorway at point-blank range. The victim was struck five times in the hip, forearm, pinky, thigh and head. He was taken to Brookdale Hospital and underwent lifesaving surgery.
The defendants fled the scene to a location on Saratoga Avenue, which is the home of another co-defendant, Alex Davis. The defendants stripped off their clothes while running to change their appearances, and the shooter got rid of the gun by discarding it in a garbage can. Nelson called Davis, who was not home, and asked him to come and pick them up, saying, “I just got a body.” Davis came and picked them up.
The defendants were arrested on July 25, 2023, following an investigation.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Werner Kuang of the District Attorney’s Violent Criminal Enterprises Bureau, under the supervision of Deputy Bureau Chief Assistant District Attorney Karen Varriale, with Deputy Bureau Chief assistance from Assistant District Attorney Matthew Stewart and the overall supervision of Bureau Chief Assistant District Attorney Alfred De Ingeniis.
