Man Gets 10 Yrs For Shooting That Left 11-Year-Old Paralyzed: DA

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A man who shot into a crowded Crown Heights street and hit two innocent bystanders, including an 11-year-old, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, prosecutors announced.

Angel Eaddy, 30, was sentenced Wednesday for the 2019 shooting, which he pleaded guilty to earlier this summer, prosecutors said.

Eaddy, a reputed gang member, had been aiming at a rival gang member when he hit a 31-year-old man and the 11-year-old, who was left paralyzed from the waist down, according to prosecutors.

“Two innocent people were shot by this defendant who opened fire on a crowded street endangering those going about their everyday lives," Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said."A young boy was left paralyzed. There is no place for this type of gun violence on the streets of Brooklyn and I am committed to keeping shooters such as this defendant out of our communities.”

The sentencing comes more than two years after the shooting, which unfolded on June 20, 2019 on on Schenectady Avenue, near St. Johns Place, according to prosecutors.

Eaddy fired a handgun six times into the street, hitting the 11-year-old in the chest and the 31-year-old man in the knee, prosecutors said.

The shooting was captured on surveillance video.

Eaddy's sentence includes five years of post-release supervision and was part of a deal for his guilty plea.