Murderer of L&B co-owner Louis Barbati faces up to life in prison
BENSONHURST — Three and a half years following the murder of Louis Barbati, co-owner of Gravesend’s famous L&B Spumoni Gardens, the man behind the shooting has finally been convicted of the crime.
Forty-four-year-old Long Island native Andres “Andy” Fernandez was convicted on Monday, Dec. 9 of second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
Barbati, 61, was shot and killed outside his Dyker Heights home near 76th Street and 12th Avenue just past 7 p.m. on June 30, 2016 while his wife and sons were inside.