Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Bronx man faces 30 years to life after opening fire on mourners at a Fordham Heights vigil

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NEW YORK DAILY NEWS


Wednesday, April 30, 2014, 6:59 PM



Photo of Jonathan Lewis, provided by a friend of victimJonathan Lewis, aged 22, was shot to death by Patillo April 2014 while attending a funeral for his late friend Michael Ikoli, who had died from a shooting a year earlier.

The 20-year-old shooter who senselessly opened fire on mourners during a tearful candlelit vigil in the Bronx could spend life behind bars, a judge ruled Wednesday.


Fordham Heights resident Darrell Patillo pled guilty to second-degree murder and attempted murder in the fatal 2012 shooting of 22-year-old Jonathan Lewis, who was mourning the year-old murder of his childhood friend Michael Ikoli.


Ikoli, then 24, was gunned down at the Webster Ave. site in 2011, and friends and family were observing the deadly anniversary when Patillo suddenly shot Lewis in the chest with a .38-caliber before firing a bullet in his neck.


Michael Ikoli talks with his girlfriend Tiffany Cox over breakfast at the Court Deli in the Bronx, NY Dec. 17, 2009. Ikoli, who is 22 years old, was released yesterday after spending five years in jail pending trial for a murder he did not commit.Hagen, Kevin Freelance NYDN/Freelance, NYDN Ikoli, then 24, was gunned down at the Webster Ave. site in 2011. Mourners were observing the deadly anniversary when Patillo suddenly shot Lewis in the chest with a .38-caliber before firing a bullet in his neck.

He then blasting several shots in the air before fleeing the scene just outside of the building at 2427 Webster Ave. where Ikoli once lived.


The two murders are believed to be unrelated and Ikola’s muder is still unsolved, law enforcement authorities said.


SHRINE- 05/04/2011- BRONX, NEW YORKA shrine that was set up outside 2427 Webster Avenue last week in honor of Michael Ikoli, who was shot dead. Ikoli spent time in jail for a murder he did not commit., but was released. The shrine has grown with over 300 candles.Richard Harbusharbus richard/FREELANCE NYDN A shrine was set up outside 2427 Webster Avenue in honor of Michael Ikoli, who was murdered May 3, 2011.

Judge John Moore will preside over Patillo’s sentencing May 19, when the killer could be handed down between 30 years to life in prison, according to a D.A. spokesperson.


—Joey Scarborough






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