Shaquille Fuller Sentenced To 50 Years In Prison For East Village Murder

EAST VILLAGE, NY — The man convicted of killing a Manhattan rapper in 2015 has been sentenced to serve at least 50 years in prison, prosecutors announced on Wednesday.

Shaquille Fuller was convicted of the 2015 murder of Shemrod Issac, a father of two and amateur rapper, in addition to being found guilty on attempted murder charges after shooting and injuring a teenager the year before, according to authorities. He was sentenced to 50 years-to-life in state prison on Wednesday.

Fuller, 24, will spend the next 50 years behind bars for the two shootings. He was convicted of both shootings in one trial, and found guilty on a string of charges in April. (For more news from the East Village and the rest of New York City, subscribe here for free, breaking news alerts and updates from Patch.)

In 2014, Fuller shot and injured a 19-year-old during a brief argument outside the Lillian Wald houses, the city-run public housing complex in the East Village, prosecutors said. The teenager, who was shot in the back of his head and chest, was able to flee and survived his wounds. More than a year later, Fuller shot and killed the amateur rapper Shemrod Isaac in broad daylight, also near the Lillian Wald housing complex. Fuller shot Isaac three times in the arm and back, killing the 33-year-old minutes after he dropped of his 6-year-old daughter, DNAinfo reported in 2015.

Fuller fled to New Jersey before he was arrested about two weeks after killing Isaac, authorities said. He was initially only charged in the 2014 shooting, before a grand jury indicted him in Isaac's murder.

"This Office is committed to securing the strongest possible sentences for those who engage in gun violence," Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance said in a statement. "As this appropriately lengthy sentence illustrates, we will seek maximum penalties for those responsible for violent crime in order to keep our communities safe."

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