Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced that a 62-year-old Bronx man is facing a life sentence in the shooting death of a 43-year-old man stemming from an ongoing dispute over a fender bender.
Eulogio Ocascio, of Hughes Avenue, was found guilty on one count of murder in the second degree for intentionally causing the death of Ricky Rodriguez by shooting him six times with a
.357 Magnum revolver.
Acting State Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Iacovetta set sentencing for Tuesday, February 15, 2011 in Part T-29. The maximum sentence allowed by law is an indeterminate term of 25 years to life imprisonment.
The murder occurred on June 5, 2008 in front of a bodega at 640 East 180th Street at the corner of Hughes Avenue where the deceased was drinking a cup of coffee. Witnesses testified that Ocascio approached Rodriguez and shot him twice. Although he was wounded, Rodriguez attempted to grab for the weapon. After both men had fallen to the ground during the struggle, Ocascio hit Rodriguez several times in the head with the gun and then stood up and shot Rodriguez four more times. The defendant got into his car and drove several blocks before flagging down an NYPD patrol car and surrendering to police. He told the officers that he had shot Rodriguez and that the weapon was on the front seat of his car.
The murder was the culmination of an ongoing dispute involving arguments and physical altercations over the course of several days following a minor car accident.
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