New Rochelle Man Gets Prison In Federal Gun Case Over Bronx Shooting

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — A federal judge has sentenced a New Rochelle man to prison in connection to a shooting in the Bronx.

Tyriek Skyfield was sentenced to 136 months in prison. He previously pleaded guilty to one count of illegally possessing ammunition after a felony conviction for shooting and injuring a victim on a residential street in the Bronx in July 2023.

"On a summer night in the Bronx last July, Tyriek Skyfield fired two shots from a handgun at an individual from close range," Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York said at the time. "One shot struck the victim in the foot, injuring him. Today’s plea underscores an important priority of my Office: We will not tolerate gun violence in the Southern District of New York."

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Skyfield fired two shots with a handgun at his victim near the intersection of Needham Avenue and East 223rd Street in the Bronx. Surveillance video from a building overlooking the scene showed Skyfield brandishing a firearm at the victim seconds before shooting at him.

Footage then captured Skyfield fleeing down Needham Avenue and onto East 222nd Street. During a canvass of the scene of the shooting, the NYPD recovered a 9mm Luger shell casing from one of the gunshots in the yard of a residential building near the shooting.

The 31-year-old was then picked up outside a nearby building by a white BMX X6 SUV shortly after.

Skyfield later traveled to a club in Queens as a passenger in that same car. Video surveillance footage from the club showed Skyfield presenting his ID and entering the club.

The club’s identification records, in combination with video surveillance footage, indicated that the person seen entering the club was Skyfield.

At the time of the shooting, Skyfield was barred from possessing ammunition because of prior felony convictions.