Brooklyn man gets 23 years for East New York gang retaliation killing
A local man has been sentenced to 23 years to life for the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old in East New York.
Shamel Boomer, a young man from Brownsville, was enjoying an evening playing video games with friends at the Sunborn Hotel in East New York when tragedy struck on July 10, 2020.
Malik Bacchus, a 22-year-old from Crown Heights and a known member of the Bergen Fam gang, spotted Boomer, a member of the rival WOOO gang, in the hotel’s lobby. Recognizing Boomer as a rival, Bacchus, who had earlier stolen a red Nissan Altima, ambushed him, pulling out an illegal 9-millimeter gun and shooting Boomer at close range. The bullet pierced both of Boomer’s lungs and the pulmonary trunk, leading to his tragic death at Brookdale Hospital.