NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for shooting a FedEx driver in the back as he walked out of a Brooklyn building in December 2020, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said Monday.
J'von Johnson, 25, of Brownsville, was sentenced to 40 years in state prison following his conviction last month on charges of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
According to the evidence, on Dec. 7, 2020, at 11:15 a.m., Johnson fired a handgun from close range at the uniformed FedEx worker as he was exiting the building at 395 Livonia Avenue, which is a part of the Van Dyke Housing Development.
The bullet entered the victim’s right shoulder and exited from his throat, Gonzalez said. He has since recovered.
Video surveillance captured the entire incident, showing the shooting and Johnson walking away.
The district attorney said that Johnson identified himself in the video and confessed to carrying out the shooting in a statement he made to police after being arrested.
In a statement on Monday, Gonzalez said that Johnson "has a long and violent criminal history, and the people of Brooklyn are safer with him in prison."
"While we believe in second chances, we have no tolerance for callous gun violence, and I hope this sentence allows the victim some solace," he added.
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