Bronx Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison In Connection With June 2024 Shooting

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, announced today that ANTHONY NORTHOVER was sentenced to 10 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition in connection with a June 4, 2024, shooting during which NORTHOVER, who previously had been convicted of several felonies, fired multiple shots on a residential street in the Bronx, striking a victim and causing him life-threatening injuries. 

“Today’s lengthy sentence protects New Yorkers from gun violence and sends an important message, especially to recidivist violent criminals—those who bring illegal guns and violence into our communities will be investigated and prosecuted to the full extent of the law,” said U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald. “In February 2024, Northover was released from federal custody after serving a lengthy sentence for racketeering, narcotics, and firearm-related offenses. But on June 4, 2024, less than four months later, while on supervised release, Northover fired a gun multiple times on a residential street in the Bronx, striking and severely injuring a victim, before fleeing.”

As alleged in public court filings, statements in public court proceedings, and the charging documents in the case: 

On June 4, 2024, at approximately 11:25 p.m., NORTHOVER shot a male individual (the “Victim”) several times in the vicinity of Van Nest Avenue and between Melville Street and Van Buren Street in the Bronx. After the Victim was hit and fell to the ground, NORTHOVER continued shooting at other individuals who were in the vicinity and running away from the gunfire. NORTHOVER fled the scene of the shooting by moped.

Shortly after the shooting, several law enforcement officers—who, at the time, were unaware that NORTHOVER had just committed a shooting—saw NORTHOVER, who was driving a moped, commit a traffic violation in the vicinity of Prospect Avenue and Freeman Street in the Bronx. While driving, the defendant discarded a firearm on a pile of trash on the sidewalk. Law enforcement officers stopped NORTHOVER and, following a brief canvass of the sidewalk on which the defendant drove, recovered the firearm where the defendant had dropped it and arrested NORTHOVER. 

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In addition to the prison term, NORTHOVER, 40, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced to three years of supervised release.

Mr. McDonald praised the outstanding investigative work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New York City Police Department, and thanked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for their assistance with the investigation.

This case is being handled by the Office’s General Crimes Unit. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Rebecca T. Dell and Dana R. McCann are in charge of the prosecution.