Bronx Man Pleads Guilty In Connection With 2009 Robbery And Murder Of Leshaun Gordon

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JAMAL BRISSETT, a/k/a “Trigger,” a/k/a “Trigg,” pled guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin N. Fox to one count of Hobbs Act robbery.  As part of his plea, BRISSETT admitted that on June 30, 2009, he shot and killed Leshaun Gordon, the victim of the robbery.  BRISSETT is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kimba M. Wood on June 22, 2021.

U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said:  “In 2009, Jamal Brissett robbed and murdered Leshaun Gordon in cold blood.  Now Brissett awaits sentencing for his callous conduct that robbed another man of his life.”

According to statements in the Information, and other filings and statements at public court proceedings in the case, on June 30, 2009, BRISSETT robbed Gordon near the intersection of Mickle Avenue and Chester Street in the Bronx, New York.  BRISSETT planned to, and did, shoot and kill Gordon during the robbery.          

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The sole count of the Information charges BRISSETT with one count of Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951, carrying a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.  The maximum potential sentence in this case is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the judge.

Ms. Strauss praised the outstanding investigative work of the New York City Police Department and Homeland Security Investigations.

The case is being handled by the Office’s Violent and Organized Crime Unit.  Assistant United States Attorneys Hagan Scotten and Danielle R. Sassoon are in charge of the prosecution.